Daughter of Swords

Under the name Daughter of Swords, American musician Alexandra Sauser-Monnig writes emotionally rich songs that land somewhere between folk and experimental indie pop. A member of the Appalachian folk group Mountain Man, she made her solo debut as Daughter of Swords in 2019 with Dawnbreaker, an intimate, folk-based album. Sauser-Monnig briefly reunited with Mountain Man in 2020, then returned with the denser, more adventurous solo outing, Alex, in 2025.