Naming the Album and The Band

To avoid legal issues I have to rename the album and the band whilst producing my digipack and advertisement. I wanted there to be some resemblance to Daughter so I researched into the conventions Daughter use for their albums and adverts.

To choose the name of the album I decided that I could either use something that linked into the video or the chosen song, however after researching Daughter's albums I realised a trend. Daughter are synonymous for using lyrics from one of their featured songs as the album or EP title. The band in total have release one studio album and four EPs, including:





I researched each album (expect for the Demos EP and 4AD Sessions) and picked out the songs which the lyrics were used for the title.

The studio album, 'If You Leave' the song used was 'Shallows' which feature the lyrics:

If you leave,

When I go...

You'll find me,

in the shallows.

The EP 'His Young Heart' featured lyrics from the song Candles:

Just a young heart confusing my mind, but we're both in silence

From the EP 'The Wild Youth', the title is taken from the song 'Youth' were the lyrics are:

We are the reckless,

We are the wild youth.

In 2016, Daughter plan on releasing a new studio album called 'Not to Disappear' which features the song 'New Ways'. The lyrics are:

I’m trying to get out.

Find a subtle way out.

Not just cross myself out.

Not just disappear.

Bearing this in mind, my intent is to follow this tradition whilst naming my album. The songs that I plan to feature in the album are:

• Winter
• Still
• Lifeforms
• Tomorrow
• Amsterdam
• Touch
• Shallows
• Smother

In the actual 'If You Leave' album, the last song in the track listing is the song that I used in the name of album. As I have changed the order I intend to use the last track in my track order, in this case; 'Smother'. From the lyrics I have choose the following excerpts:

• 'My Bones'
• 'Creators'
• 'In the Darkness'
• Or even, 'Smother'

When choosing a name for the band I wanted to sound similar to the actually band name. I pondered names such as 'Sons and Daughters' and 'Son's of Daughters', however these are names that are already used by other bands. I finally decided on a name that is unofficially used by the band, which is 'Oh Daughter'. The name is used on some of their social media accounts but however officially is not part of their image.