From the redwood-dappled hills of Northern California, to the neon glow of New York City’s underground clubs, to the gritty backstreets of East London and shadowed alleys of Venice, the legacy of Inventing Eve and Waking Aurora is one of twin flames forging their own path—bold, unbounded and utterly unstoppable. Born in London to American expats but raised in Santa Cruz, CA, the sisters discovered their shared gift at an age when most children are still learning to read. “I fell in love with music when I was eight, and I just knew that this was what I was called to do,” Jennifer recalls, her voice still threaded with the wonder of that first revelation. From their earliest lullabies to each other, they carried an intuitive sense that song would be both their compass and their home.
Touching down in New York in 2002 with nothing but battered guitar cases and a shared dream. Within months, they were regulars at CBGB, The Bitter End, and Arlene’s Grocery—venues as storied as the songs they would go on to write. Night after night, their intertwining harmonies and spirited lyrics won over an ever-growing grassroots following, each show feeling like the opening chords of a larger adventure.
That momentum carried them into a year and a half of studio nights, where, under the hum of analog consoles, they sculpted their debut album, Somethin’ Bigger. Released in March 2006, its title was a promise and a prophecy: a boldly original blend of folk, pop, and alt-rock that announced two sisters who would not be boxed in. The album’s warm acoustics and crisp choruses—a sonic tapestry woven with influences from Queen to Otis Redding—introduced listeners to the unguarded sincerity of Inventing Eve.
Yet it was their sophomore effort, Stumbling Toward Destiny, propelled them into rarefied air. Tracked within the hallowed walls of Abbey Road Studios—where The Beatles first reshaped popular music—and shepherded by Ali Theodore Dee, the BMI-Hollywood soundtrack maestro (who also contributed guitar alongside Eric Clapton’s bassist, Willie Weeks), this album didn’t just follow history—it made it. So much so, that in 2010 the Recording Academy placed their album on the Grammy ballot—an extraordinary feat for an unsigned, self-managed act. Their original work “Beautiful My Scars” alone earned nods in four categories, a testament to the depth and polish that belied their independent status. For Sarah and Jennifer, the recognition was both vindication and invitation: the world was finally listening.
As they matured—both as women and as artists—they felt a yearning to reinvent, to explore dimensions of their sound they had only glimpsed before. Enter Robin Millar (the “man behind Sade” and co-founder of Blue Raincoat Records) and Paul Stacey, two producers whose studio mastery became the crucible for their metamorphosis. Under Millar and Stacey’s guidance, Inventing Eve evolved into Waking Aurora, a new incarnation that fused their signature vocal harmonies with a fuller, more polished alt-rock production. It was, Sarah says, “like discovering a secret passageway in a house you built”—transformative and exhilarating.
Millar’s hallmark was an almost architectural sense of space in song: he showed Sarah and Jennifer how to let silence breathe between notes, how to place each harmony like a sculpted beam of light, and how a single, well‑placed guitar chord could carry more emotional weight than a flurry of flourishes. Under his tutelage, they learned to refine their twin vocals into crystalline arches that floated above basslines pulsing with quiet insistence.
Alongside Millar, they enlisted the mastering hands of Paul Stacey—veteran guitarist, engineer, and producer whose credits range from Oasis and The Black Crowes to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Stacey’s ethos was textural depth and rock‑driven authenticity: he taught them the alchemy of analog tape saturation, the visceral power of Fender‑esque guitar tones, and the drama of dynamic shifts—from intimate acoustic whispers to roaring electric crescendos. In Stacey’s London studio, the sisters discovered how to embed their voices within swirling guitar arpeggios and to sculpt stereo landscapes where every instrument danced around their harmonies, granting Waking Aurora a sound both polished and primal.
Between 2012 and 2013, Waking Aurora distilled this evolution into two milestone releases: the yearning anthem “Hold Onto Me” (2012) and the poignant EP What About the Girl (2013). Each track radiated a newfound confidence: guitars more crystalline, lyrics more unflinching, and arrangements that layered their voices like dawn spilling over horizons.
Simultaneous to this artistic rebirth, the twins found themselves thrust into impromptu corporate entrepreneurship, and the calling to reinvent themselves once again. Soon thereafter they founded Twin Heart Foods and birthed Crema Lusso - a cutting edge, ready-to-use liquid frozen dessert mix - into the world. This first of their culinary ventures captured the palettes of industry giants on both sides of the pond, and ultimately inspired their next venture: Pre‑Cena, a specialty gelato cocktail company, that hosted private events for Goldman Sachs, Facebook, WeWork, and the like. These ventures, built on the same blend of creativity and perseverance that fueled their music, grew into multimillion‑dollar successes before the sisters finally succumbed to the untiring the pull of their first love: music.
Now, in a moment that feels at once like a homecoming and a launchpad, Sarah and Jennifer stand poised to return—armed with a lifetime of stories, a deep reservoir of empathy, and songs that invite listeners to taste the world through every sense. Their bond—twin souls intertwined since the womb—remains their greatest strength: a living testament to sisterhood, to the American dream of reinvention, and to the power of two voices daring to become one.
This is more than a career arc; it is a coming‑of‑age epic that continues to unfold. From tender childhood harmonies to Grammy ballots, from gritty New York clubs to sunbathed Italian piazzas and damp cobbled streets of “Londontown”, from the whir of cocktail mixers to the crackle of live amps—Sarah and Jennifer’s journey is an invitation to believe: in the magic of dreams, in the alchemy of creativity, and in the enduring spark that arises when two hearts, beating as one, choose to wake the world.
