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At just 23-years-old, identical twin sisters Sophia and Jo Babb had faced a decade of darkness. Then, as Companion, they built lighthouses. With their debut album Second Day of Spring, the duo arrive at the start of a blooming new season, holding a work that softly glows with a sincerity, vulnerability, and hopefulness that they fought hard to find along their way. InchA lot of this album is rooted in healing from grief and familial hurt,Inch says Sophia. InchThere are songs about marriage and healing from mistrust. Family ties that have been broken.Inch Second Day of Spring introduces two brilliant songwriters and mesmerizing singers as they share their stories with gazes at once light and weighted, offering listeners comfort in despairing corners. The now Fort Collins, CO-based sisters were raised and homeschooled on nine farmland acres just outside of Norman, OK. Their lives changed abruptly at 13 when their father, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, took his own life. InchMental health is such an undervalued issue that's not talked about enough - so we talk about it through our music,Inch says Sophia. The loss pushed the girls to write. Sourcing inspiration from their shared love of artists like Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, and Samantha Crain, the duo began to form their own style through a freedom of thought, expression, and directness that can only result from such an intimate, symbiotic bond - even if they had their creative differences at times. InchWriting came pretty naturally, but as siblings, there was friction,Inch Jo says. InchOur closeness as twins allows for a sometimes brutal honesty that other collaborators might shy away from.Inch The tension made the songs even better. On the album, a gradual march toward openness, possibility, and warmth is underway, tracing Sophia and Jo's real-world path of healing. InchIt's been 10 years since our dad die
