While the majority of tracks are without lyrics, this is not to say that a sense of genuine emotion is missing in Daughter's instrumentation. Guitarist Igor Haefeli's use of delay and reverb in tracks such as "Glass" and "Witches" is evocative of a certain vastness which can be runs throughout the entire score, yet the driving percussion of Remi Aguilella infuses the work with a sense of direction and urgency that reflects the journey of 16-year-old Chloe Price, on which the story of Before the Storm is centred. With the immersive capacity of video games in mind, Music from Before the Storm seeks to engulf the listener in a massive, yet delicate and complex world. Undoubtedly, the landscape painted on the London-based outfit's first original soundtrack is characterised by sparse lyrics rendered indecipherable by static, eerily atmospheric space and a depth that's almost disorienting. "Now the world is only white noise / Frequencies that I can't understand" sings vocalist Elena Tonra on the album's lead single "Burn it Down".
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