One of the highlights from her 2015 debut album, We Slept At Last, Hackman performed a stripped-back, haunting rendition of 'Animal Fear' - and, unusually for the hectic Gigwise office, you could have heard a pin drop.

We were pretty relieved, too, that she didn't turn into a werewolf mid-song, as is the case in the song's brilliant, low budget video (which features a brief, bloody and ill-fated cameo from Laura Marling).

Gigwise: Is it fair to say your lyrics are slightly sweet and slightly sinister?

Hackman: "Yeah, I think so. I almost feel like sometimes it's a criticism when people say they're very dark. It feels slightly insulting because I don't want to be all doom and gloom, and actually I think there's a lot of hope in the lyrics, and there's playfulness and wordplay and things like that. I like it when people pick up on those things rather than just saying it's a very heavy record."

But sometimes things are too sweet, and it's nice to have that sinister edge.

"Yeah you don't want it to be too saccharin! I definitely like to play with that sinister edge, and it's something that I tend to admire. I don't really like listening to very sweet music."
Video produced by Harry Balding

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