Carla dal Forno

Australian singer/multi-instrumentalist Carla dal Forno writes haunting, downcast tunes influenced by post-punk, dub, and ambient pop. First releasing music as part of groups like <a href="spotify:artist:2FRTKn1TeFCvIw5xKlITkV">Mole House</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5z0w2e7cVrI8kXuQ2BhjWl">F ingers</a>, she made her solo debut in 2016 with the acclaimed full-length You Know What It's Like. More refined efforts Look Up Sharp (2019) and Come Around (2022) each followed dal Forno's relocation to different international cities.

Dal Forno co-founded Melbourne-based lo-fi trio <a href="spotify:artist:2FRTKn1TeFCvIw5xKlITkV">Mole House</a>, who released a handful of singles and cassettes between 2011 and 2013. She then formed abstract post-punk group <a href="spotify:artist:53plDvlk4RR7nbU49LzLg2">Fingers Pty Ltd</a> with Sam Karmel and <a href="spotify:artist:2TMEsfba3OCtE3uW2JDyk4">Tarquin Manek</a>, and the trio issued a cassette called Broken Fingers on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Night+People%22">Night People</a> in 2013. Dal Forno and <a href="spotify:artist:2TMEsfba3OCtE3uW2JDyk4">Manek</a> also recorded more experimental material as <a href="spotify:artist:1AkpMnAbZvX1y5jMfTV04A">Tarcar</a>; <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Blackest+Ever+Black%22">Blackest Ever Black</a> released the duo's Mince Glace EP at the end of 2014. The label also issued Hide Before Dinner, an excellent 2015 full-length by the trio, who had altered their name to <a href="spotify:artist:5z0w2e7cVrI8kXuQ2BhjWl">F ingers</a>. A self-released <a href="spotify:artist:5z0w2e7cVrI8kXuQ2BhjWl">F ingers</a> cassette titled Trilogy: They Got the Best Heart also appeared that year.

By 2016, dal Forno had relocated to Berlin, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22BEB%22">BEB</a> released her debut solo single, "Fast Moving Cars." The full-length You Know What It's Like arrived later in the year. The four-track EP The Garden followed in 2017. Top of the Pops, a cassette EP containing covers of songs by <a href="spotify:artist:3gdbcIdNypBsYNu3iiCjtN">the B-52s</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa">Lana Del Rey</a>, and LiLiPUT, was self-released the following year, during dal Forno's first extensive North American tour. Second full-length Look Up Sharp was issued through dal Forno's own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Kallista+Records%22">Kallista Records</a> in 2019. She moved from her then-home of London to the much smaller Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia. Come Around, her third solo album, appeared in 2022, and included a cover of "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by <a href="spotify:artist:5pq14S4AFVXGSyYbIGJC6Q">the United States of America</a>. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi