Suki Waterhouse had been quietly releasing indie pop since 2016, but playing a keyboardist in a fictional 1970s rock band for Daisy Jones & The Six — rehearsing, notably, in the same Los Angeles studio where Fleetwood Mac made Rumours — seems to be what actually pushed her into music full-time. I Can't Let Go, her 2022 debut album, drew real critical praise for a first outing from someone better known at the time as an actress and model.
Memoir of a Sparklemuffin, her 2024 follow-up, takes its title from a species of Australian peacock spider she came across one night and felt an odd kinship with.
The 18-track album is built around the same idea — finding recognition of your own mess in something unlikely — working through heartbreak and jealousy toward something closer to self-acceptance.