15 Facts About Raphaelle Standell-Preston

Raphaelle Standell-Preston credited former Braids bandmate Katie Lee for introducing her to "music which is not on the radio".

Raphaelle Standell-Preston played clarinet and trumpet in her school bands, before moving on to guitar.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston has stated that the pop music she listened to as a teenager still influences her writing, in which she focuses on producing hooks, but without catchiness being central to her melodies.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston has described her lyrics as "dirty" and "graphic" and revealed that her struggle with depression influences her lyrics.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston fronted the band as lead singer and guitarist, handling the "delivery and emotional content" of the music in addition to writing the lyrics.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston later moved to Montreal to reunite with her bandmates.

The separation between the pair inspired the writing of Untogether, with Raphaelle Standell-Preston working with Braids and Cowan living in Berlin.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston has described the project's difference from Braids, saying "Blue Hawaii is a bit more of an outlet for the urge in me to explore what it really is to be a performer and to have face paint and to bring all the artistic elements into the performance".

Self-described as "very feminine and ethereal", Raphaelle Standell-Preston released her first solo track, "Tickle Grass", on MySpace under the name Indiensoci in January 2009.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston provided the live music for the opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibition "Speed Limits" on 19 May 2009.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston released her second solo track, "Besnard", on YouTube in May 2010.

In 2014, Raphaelle Standell-Preston appeared on a re-recorded version of Jon Hopkins' "Form by Firelight", released on his Asleep Versions EP.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston later lived in Montreal in a shared house with Kerby and Braids members Tufts and Smith.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston had a relationship with Tufts at school, before breaking up at age 17.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston has suffered from "pretty crazy bouts of depression" since a young age.