Angela was born near Montreal, but grew up in her family's home of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Cape Breton is an island made up of small fishing towns and mountains, with a rich musical tradition close to that of Ireland but with a strong French influence. In addition to the rich musical environment of Cape Breton, Angela’s parents were big pop country fans so she grew up surrounded by the likes of Hank Williams, George Jones, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn. Although she has been living and playing in Montreal for the last few years, those maritime stories of loss and death and those classic country tales of wrong doers and wrong doing continue to haunt and inspire Desveaux. The Mighty Ship borrows its title from a traditional folk ballad about the Titanic, but it also refers to Desveaux's Grandmother, with whom she is very close and who sadly lost her first husband at sea.

“Angela Desveaux reconciles the bluer-than-blue tone of old-time country with the sun-kissed pastels of classic California rock – pulling off that alchemical fusion with a guileless grace seldom seen among more doctrinaire alt-country troops.” - Harp