Career
Her debut album, Slow to Love, which Paoro composed while isolated in a cabin near her hometown of Syracuse, New York, was released on February 14, 2012. She was named an artist to watch by Stereogum shortly thereafter. Her second album, After, was released through ANTIon September 25, 2015 to critical acclaim.
A self-taught pianist and vocalist, Paoro trained in Lhamo while traveling alone through the Himalayas.
During this period, she also spent several weeks practicing silent meditation, which allowed her to reflect on the "space between silence and sound." Her cover of Baltimore synthpop band Future Islands" "Little Dreamer" was released in December 2011. Original singles "Can"t Leave You" and "Born Whole" followed in January 2012.
In 2013, Paoro released two songs on a 7" through White Iris Records. Paoro has performed at SXSW, Osheaga, and CMJ, as well as numerous venues throughout the United States. She often opens her live performances with an a capella Tibetan prayer, and credits Vipassanā meditation with having a strong influence over the themes explored in her work, which include attachment, detachment, compassion, and disconnection from the human experience.
"Hypotheticals," Paoro"s first track released through ANTI-, was featured on Season 4 of Girls.
National Public Radio"s All Songs Considered listed Paoro on their Six Musical Discoveries You Can"t Mission list. She has been compared to Fiona Apple, James Blake, Adele, and Lykke Li, among others