Amber Mark

Since the arrival of her widely lauded debut EP 3:33am, Amber Mark’s voice has performed a powerful alchemy, often turning pain and heartache into extraordinary beauty. When matched with her prismatic musicality—an element shaped by her nomadic upbringing, including time spent in New York City, Miami, Berlin, India, Thailand, and Nepal—the Tennessee-born artist’s spellbinding vocals and lavish storytelling often create a sensation of rapturous surrender. In a departure from her past work’s existential soul-searching and nuanced reflection on grief, Mark’s sophomore album Pretty Idea journeys into lighter but no less layered emotional terrain: the ache and chaos and occasional euphoria of falling deep into an impossible romance. Steeped in a warm and groove-driven sound that hits every pleasure center, the result is a daring leap forward for one of modern music’s most fascinating singer/songwriters.