'Real Life brought Joan Wasser out of the shadows and established her as that rare thing a truly unique and original voice. Songwriter singer and multi-instrumentalist Joan has bewitched fans across Europe and the US over the last two years and is set to garner a wealth of new devotees with To Survive. An album of unashamedly heartfelt songs in Joans words I am always trying to dig deeper into the emotional experience. I want to access the most honest place I can distill it and present it in a way that makes sense musically. The title track catches the overall tone of the record best. A haunting piano ballad with a melody that refuses to settle To Survive was inspired by a lullaby her mother used to sing to her as a child to allay her recurrent fear that was about to be burned at the stake like the other Joan. I still feel like that as an adult sometimes Wasser says cryptically. And I don't edit out or water down those feelings. Why should I? Everything I do comes from my heart.'Like this