brokenbranches is Mandy, 28, who lives in The Hague, Holland and is mad about all things music. Secretly fantasizes of being indie-rock sensation or writer for Rolling Stone with a reputation for in depth provocative articles, but spends working life as a civil servant and lives out music obsession after office hours.

She’s the girl on the bicycle singing out loud with the ubiquitous white earphones in, probably on her way to the record store, which she visits more than is financially wise. She’s the annoying girl at the concert, looking deleriously happy whilst moving uncontrollably and singing along to every word she managed to remember. She remembers a lot of lyrics…

A taste of the music that gets her into this state: Radiohead, Counting Crows, Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley, Bright Eyes, The Killers, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Pearl Jam, Patrick Watson