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ciated it. Alison’s endorsement could not be ignored by the music community, though it did not define Angel’s career entirely. “The whole Americana thing,” Angel begins, “I never really wanted to get into that world.” It’s not that she’s not grateful; she just didn’t see it coming. In fact, she notes her biggest influences as Radiohead (specifically, Thom Yorke’s songwriting), instrumental ambient music such as Brian Eno, emotional, gritty electronic such as Aphex Twin, and most notably, Trent Reznor. “He’s not afraid to do what he wants,” she says—something she identifies with. Right now, she’s working on a side project that more closely resembles Reznor or Radiohead than Raising Sand. “It’s gonna be called Yuki,” she tells me, “which is ‘snow’ in Japanese.” Yuki (pronounced “you-key”), is a collaboration with producer and guitarist Jonathan Trebing, employing percussion-driven electronic tracks married with guitar, and of course, Angel’s vocals—leaping far and away from Americana. But for all her fans, there’s no need to worry: “I’ve got another Angel Snow record coming out in the next year,” she assures, though she says the sound has evolved into ambient rock. As you might infer, that’s not all that Angel Snow is doing these days. For the past few months, she’s been touring solo and alongside local singer-songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones as his opening act. She plays a lead role in an indie psychological drama, Rock Creek, which will be entered into the Nashville Film Festival this coming spring. Angel Snow didn’t always know what she wanted, but she did always do what she wanted. Could you say that the story of Angel Snow is one of coincidence, fate, or divine intervention? Perhaps. Whatever it may be, it took her over miles and through darkness to catch her break.