With that in mind, she put out her album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, to prove that she's a songwriter and a singer.

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She has toured and worked with Mystery Jets and her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, was produced by Noah and The Whale frontman Charlie Fink.

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