Sydney singer songwriter Odette burst on to the scene last year with her stand-out debut single, ‘Watch Me Read You’. The song resonated strongly with its poetic, syncopated, spoken-word verses and landed at #56 on triple J’s 2017 Hottest 100. Now comes her debut album TO A STRANGER, a further insight into the world of this immense young talent, set for release on July 6 through EMI Music Australia. 20-year old Odette’s captivating songs are deeply personal and see her flutter from spoken word into warm, soulful vocals, with arrangements circling soul, jazz and pop. Her first love is language in its purest form and her heroes the literary greats - she was writing prose and plays before she found her passion for song. ‘To A Stranger’ was helmed by LA-based, Grammy nominated producer Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Prodigy, The Killers, UNKLE). From the promise of her early demo writing, Odette caught the eye of producers and songwriters like Charlie Hugall (Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran, Kaiser Chiefs), Jason Cox (Blur, Gorilliaz, Jamie T), Alex Hope (Troye Sivan, Broods), Sarah Aarons (Zedd, Dua Lipa and vocalist on tracks with The Rubens & LDRU), Matt Hales (Aqualung, Lianne La Havas) and Paul Mac (The Dissociatives, Silverchair), all of whom clamoured to work with her over the past year and a half. Discussing her album, Odette says, “It was written over the last few years, which for me held a myriad of traumatic experiences but also beautiful moments. I over-analyse most things in my life so I wanted to be able to openly and honestly talk about what I’ve been through so I’m so proud and excited to be showing everyone ‘To A Stranger’. It’s been a long time coming and I’m ready to share this insight into my experiences and who it’s crafted me into as a person and a writer.”