Syd Taylor spent ten years making music with her twin sister Emilia Paige in Stereo Jane. Then she locked herself in her Los Angeles apartment for three months and made something entirely alone. ‘After the Fact,’ her debut solo album, is the result, twelve tracks written and self-produced from scratch, with no outside direction on genre, production, or presentation.
“It’s the first time I’ve been able to sit down and make something truly for me,” Taylor says. “No one telling me what genre to lean into, what producer to hand my demos to, or even how to present myself. I know I’m not perfect, so why pretend to be some perfectly polished pop version of myself? I wanted to get as far away from that as possible. And in doing that, I made something that feels perfect to me, which is imperfect.”
The album traces a pivotal period of exploring identity and honesty within the kind of isolation that forces real self-examination. Taylor describes it as “a journey of self-discovery and self-understanding,” and the raw, empowering quality of the songwriting reflects exactly how much was at stake in making it. It’s an introduction to her voice as a solo artist, and the vocal ability on display across twelve tracks makes a strong case for where she goes from here.
The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, model, and producer has completed a supporting run with Goldie Boutilier across the US, building her live presence in rooms that rewarded exactly the kind of direct, unguarded performance ‘After the Fact’ calls for.
‘After the Fact’ is out now.
‘After the Fact’ Tracklisting:
- After the Fact
- Time to Go!
- Heaven
- Honeycomb
- The Wind
- Leave Me Out of It
- Dream About You
- My Man
- Love of Your Life
- You’re a Woman
- La da da dee die
- Jane