Vera Sola

Music blog The Line of Best Fit gave it a 9/10, writing: "Such is the virtuosity and accomplishment of her playing, Shades is bound with the tight-knit swagger of a group of road wearied sessions players. It’s hard to believe it is the work of just one person." The Sunday Times called her "an undeniably singular talent" and called 'Shades' an essential new release.

Sola performed at the Bombay Beach Biennale in March 2019 which is a three-day festival in the Southern California desert consisting of art, music, and lectures.

She released her first single from 'Shades' in August 2018. In November 2018, Rolling Stone Magazine named her one of "The Top Ten Country Artists You Need to Know", citing her sense of social conscience and comparing her voice to Nancy Sinatra.

On it she plays a number of unconventional instruments, including bones, chains and breaking glass. It was self-released on November 9, 2018 to general critical acclaim.

Sola is known for her hypnotic "captivating; almost hallucinatory" stage presence. She is often described as coming out of a David Lynch film. Even though she was not very well-known, her 2018 performance at the famed Le Guess Who? festival in the Netherlands received rave reviews. Greek blog ClockSound wrote: "Her personal, theatrical and modern take on Americana and turn of the century (20s, not 21s) music has me hooked from the moment I walked into the Hertz...Her lyricism and the influence poetry have had on this strongly reminds me of – and this is coming from a very big fan – Leonard Cohen."

It wasn't until February 2017 that, after suffering a series of life-changing events, she decided to pursue a solo career in music. She entered the studio to record Shades, and took the name Vera Sola shortly after.

In October 2017, she released an album of the Misfits Covers which attracted the attention of industry professionals.

Sola began to record her first album Shades in February 2017. She performed, arranged, and produced the entire thing on her own. She told Flood Magazine about the process: “...it's the direct result of my reality, personal and global, going up in a dark and disorienting and sad and often very funny blaze...When I finally talked myself into making it, I thought I’d have friends come in and contribute, but the nature of things drew me ultimately towards playing and arranging it all. So...it’s an unbroken vessel of my own energy, for better or worse. It was pure expression without expectation. I never even planned to release it. But here we are.”

Vera Sola (born November 18, 1989) is an American/Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist. Originally a poet who studied under Jorie Graham at Harvard University, she is known for her lyricism as well as her wide vocal range and unique vibrato. "A masterful storyteller that exudes an effortless mystique," she is often compared to Nick Cave for her dark topics and intense stage presence and Leonard Cohen for unique finger-picking style on guitar. She performed, produced and arranged everything on her debut album. It was self-released on November 9, 2018.