“You’re not a true Chicago local music lover until you’ve heard the magnetic tunes of Ava Brennan. Watching them perform live feels like they are plucking the room’s air with each ring of their guitar. Brennan’s voice glides alongside their instrument — both melodies neither competing nor overshadowing the other. Brennan is the first one to come to mind when asked to share about women in the music industry we look up to. Community-driven, their art and activism are intimately tied together.”
— Syd Copeland
“Having only released her debut single this past summer, [Brennan] has become a live staple amongst the local DIY art communities. Brennan’s writing effortlessly shifts between conversational movements and articulated dynamic swells, allowing both her vocals and instrumentations to ground the track as her stories commute through the landscape.
What Brennan does so well is build up a space of her own, a secret hideout made to be a perfect fit – one where each bit of wall is prime real estate for the most epic personalization and encouraged discovery that life has to offer.”
— Shea Roney