

Daughters approach chaos with meticulous calculation, whether powering through an early grindcore sprint or later art-metal sprawl. After introducing themselves with 2003’s Canada Songs—their feverish 11-minute, 10-song debut album—the Rhode Island band gradually grew into a robust noise-rock powerhouse. While their output has been scattered, their sound has exhibited a clear evolution. On 2006’s Hell Songs, singer Alexis Marshall made a deliberate vocal shift, trading his unhinged wails for a brooding growl to complement the band’s increasingly intricate, rhythmic-centric compositions. By 2018’s You Won’t Get What You Want, Daughters’ brutal avant experiments were getting longer and harder, all while maintaining the disquieting dissonance and defiance of their roots.