Pretty Girls

Wish Defense

Stretch the Struggle

Focus

Regicide

Something Soft

DM:AM

NEIGHBORHOOD DOG

Industrial Love Song / Bells

Bells

Highway Man

Jetplane

They are not your problem
You don't have to help them
They are not your problem
They are inside the self to win

You care
But save it for Yourself
You care
It's time for your Health

Relax
Breathe
Breathe

Know your problems
Know your worth
Fix your heart
Fix your curse

The curse of the devil
The curse of the mean
The curse on you
It is unseen

You must fight it
Fight it for good
Heal your heart
Be now
Understood

Relax
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe

Relax
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe

Know your problems
Know your worth
Fix your heart
Fix your curse

The curse of the devil
The curse of the mean
The curse on you
It is unseen

You must fight it
Fight it for good
Heal your heart
Be now
Understood

Relax
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe

Relax
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe

Know your problems
Know your worth
Fix your heart
Fix your curse

The curse of the devil
The curse of the mean
The curse on you
It is unseen

You must fight it
Fight it for good
Heal your heart
Be now
Understood

Relax
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe

Relax
Breathe
Breathe

Relax, Breathe

For the better part of the last decade, Bria Salmena has refused to be pigeonholed, effortlessly exploring various genres. Initially becoming known as the frontwoman for critically-acclaimed Canadian experimental post-punk group FRIGS, which she co-founded with longtime collaborator, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Duncan Hay Jennings, Salmena then toured the world for the past half-decade with Orville Peck, as an indispensable and instantly recognizable member of his live band. Between tours, Salmena and Jennings (also a Peck collaborator) recorded two well-received covers EPs, giving classic and modern Americana songs a gothy dream pop spin, pushing the boundaries of the country genre; the cheekily named Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 & 2 were released under the mononym Bria.

In her solo music, Salmena pairs various eras of brooding rock music—from austere goth and cottony shoegaze to hypnotic krautrock and gleaming coldwave—with an introspective singer-songwriter approach, her rich, distinctive vocals a perfect match for evocatively personal lyrics. Similar in vibe to the idiosyncratic chamber pop of Aldous Harding or Kate Bush, the raw art rock PJ Harvey, and the long-form ambient of Grouper, Salmena approaches genre like a puzzle, her music a strangely beautiful amalgamation that feels immediate, intimate, and original.

Stretch the Struggle

Bria Salmena

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