Goth is back from the dead again. This time in the form of Jojo Orme, known as Heartworms, who feels like some laboratory creation made from the limbs and hair of Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux and PJ Harvey. Her debut album has just come out to breathless reviews, with style editors and 6Music dads losing their minds for music which is a bit like Ethel Cain’s, only enjoyable to listen to.
Orme is the kind of star who exists only in monochrome and sparks a whole new teenage style: dead military poet, in this case. And yet, Orme is no mere spooky Wednesday cosplayer. This is a serious poet making sense of a difficult upbringing, including a period of homelessness, and finding an outlet in music.
