Any discussion of a new album by Joan as Police Woman will usually be couched in the same introductory notes, for the benefit of those who weren't already introduced to them in their 2006 debut,
Real Life. Most are quick to point out that frontwoman Joan Wasser's ex-boyfriend was the late Jeff Buckley, who died of a freak drowning accident after only releasing one album,
Grace. Ok, that's out of the way. Of course, she's been in the music scene for years, playing with various acts. In
To Survive, we certainly see many musical sources, and that her sound extends far beyond the niche that female singer-songwriters have been carving for themselves over the past few years.
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