Tori had been making music from a young age and circulated some demos with help from her father. These demos eventually resulted in her being signed to release the synth-pop album "Y Cant Tori Read" under a band of the same name.
That band broke up and Tori submitted further demos that would eventually become "Little Earthquakes".
This album to my ears is the bridge from Kate Bush to Regina Spektor. Moving between beauty and high theatre of "China" to the harsh simplicity of the acapella "Me and a gun" (recounting a sexual assault that Tori experienced).
The album is very piano heavy but with occasional bursts of loud guitar, or tasteful strings, as in personal favourite, the cabaret-esque "Leather".
Another one where my wife owns a copy so I unwittingly technically own it to (lucky me 😎)
