In a relatively short time, Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walthers, of the Canadian duo Dala, have established themselves as one of the brightest rising stars of the pop-folk circuit.
On their second release with Compass Records, Best Day, the duo has achieved a new level of maturity in both their abilities as songwriters and integrity of presentation. Vaguely reminiscent of fellow Canadian, Feist, and with echoes of Leonard Cohen's lyric sensibilities, Dala presents a set of tracks that are empowering and optimistic but not without a quiet mourning for the past and the impossible.