The Avalon

Also a visual artist who paints and directs her own music videos, Avalon Lurks makes haunting, '80s post-punk-inspired indie electronica as simply AVALON. The Santa Ana, California native cites Depeche Mode, the Cure, and Björk as major influences. Lurks began uploading music to streaming sites as a teenager in 2014, beginning with the eerie synth instrumental "Plans Fall Through." She added detached vocals to the more effervescent "You Got a Lot of Thirsty Hoes and I'm Not One" and "Tell My Ex," also in 2014. "Catholic Girls" and "Catholic Girls 2" followed in 2015, and "niño...