With influences ranging from Dido, Lana Del Rey, and PJ Harvey to Tolstoy, Pushkin, and European Romanticism (with a capital R), the songs initially sound like echoes from an alternative shadow world of courtesans and muses, over-romanticized reflections on both personal and collective memory. They turn out to be waystations in a growth process: youthful naivety gets a 'reality check' and makes way for a cautious belief in the future. Meanwhile, Patches is evolving towards a more organic – read: less electronic – sound.