With neither the position of a wide-eyed ingénue nor a weary old soul, Matilda Mann sings endearingly and confidently about life and love against a largely stripped-back musical framework. The British singer broke through in the early 2020s with material on EPs like 2020's Because I Want You to Know ("Paper Mache World"), 2021's Sonder ("Doomsday") and 2023's You Look Like You Can't Swim ("The Day That I Met You"), earning plum opening slots on tours around Europe and laying the groundwork for her 2025 full-length debut Roxwell.
Mann, born in 2000 and raised in West London, w...