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With a languid vocal bathed in isolation, an uneasy, inevitable shoulder shuffle of angular bass, synths and guitar, Stellular is a defiant soundtrack for a generation facing down global recession, political devision and personal insecurity.
ldquoI was thinking about some people I knew that were struggling to get a breakrdquo says Rose Elinor Dougall of the title track for her new album, ldquoThinking about the endurance test I was witnessing for othershellip waiting for something to change.rdquo Stellular is the titletrack of a shockingly confident new album, 11 tracks of classic songwriting, all defiantly modern, glowing with clarity and purpose.
It is, in Rosersquos own words rdquosomething bolder, less apologetic, more decisivehellip a sophisticated pop recordrdquo It is an album rooted in the London lives that shaped its lyrics, the lives and experiences of Roses friends as their 20s slipped by in a haze of late nights, broken hearts and struggles in an increasingly unforgiving capital.
The last decade in this country has been a really fucking weird time to be young.
Theres a theme of promises that are falling apart, and negotiating the wreckage of choices you might make that actually start to become less flippant and do have longstanding effects on your future.rdquo Working with producer and friend Oli Bayston, AKA producer Boxed In, the pair started by crafting small ideas, a simple rhythm, drum noises, or a sound on a Korg Delta, exploring the essential part of Rosersquos songwriting.
The plan was to make the record from a limited sonic palette, to give everything a defined aesthetic.
This philosophy stretches back to Rosersquos days in The Pipettes a band built on a manifesto for the perfect pop group by the KLFs Bill Drummond.
The songs started coming quickly, with album opener Colour Of Water all tight refrains and Krautminimalism setting the tone, the album was written in under three months.
All At Once is the sound of Rose pushing herself out of her comfort zone.
A cowrite with Sean Nicholas Savage it provides a darker and stranger flavour to the album, fit with a desire to make some modern musicrdquo.
There are obvious nods to Debbie Harry, The Smiths, ldquothe women I love..
like Karen Dalton or Joni Mitchell or PJ Harvey or Roisin Murphy or Beth Gibbonsrdquo and Fleetwood Mac, particularly on the duet boygirl duet Dive with Boxed In.
ldquoI want it to be human, I want it to be honest.
Theres always going to be artifice within these things, but even just one line in one song can find the kernel of something morerdquo, Take Yourself With You throws a very English melancholia to the Los Angeles breeze, while Answer Me a songwriting collaboration with Andrew Wyatt Miike Snow is an all too glorious reminder of classic power ballads, a bold antidote to the flakey and the indecisive.
This album is the culmination of the strange and hectic decade since the 19yearold Rose jacked in college to go on tour with The Pipettes, made the bold move to go it alone with the introspective solo debut Without Why, then signed up to front Mark Ronsons touring band on a neverending world tour.
It was quite an overwhelming experience, Rose says of the twoandahalfyear Ronson outing.
ldquoA total whirlwind, playing to thousands of people and really performing.
This was something my solo record hadnrsquot called for, there was a lot of me hiding behind my fringe and being indie, but then I was forced to the front of the stage.
It was a bit of a sinkorswim scenario.rdquo Ive had to accept its what Im good at.
she says.
In this country we see that as a bit vulgar, theres that natural sense of being apologetic.
I wanted to be a bit more assertive.
She laughs Ive cut my fringe offrdquo.
ldquoI was thinking about some people I knew that were struggling to get a breakrdquo says Rose Elinor Dougall of the title track for her new album, ldquoThinking about the endurance test I was witnessing for othershellip waiting for something to change.rdquo Stellular is the titletrack of a shockingly confident new album, 11 tracks of classic songwriting, all defiantly modern, glowing with clarity and purpose.
It is, in Rosersquos own words rdquosomething bolder, less apologetic, more decisivehellip a sophisticated pop recordrdquo It is an album rooted in the London lives that shaped its lyrics, the lives and experiences of Roses friends as their 20s slipped by in a haze of late nights, broken hearts and struggles in an increasingly unforgiving capital.
The last decade in this country has been a really fucking weird time to be young.
Theres a theme of promises that are falling apart, and negotiating the wreckage of choices you might make that actually start to become less flippant and do have longstanding effects on your future.rdquo Working with producer and friend Oli Bayston, AKA producer Boxed In, the pair started by crafting small ideas, a simple rhythm, drum noises, or a sound on a Korg Delta, exploring the essential part of Rosersquos songwriting.
The plan was to make the record from a limited sonic palette, to give everything a defined aesthetic.
This philosophy stretches back to Rosersquos days in The Pipettes a band built on a manifesto for the perfect pop group by the KLFs Bill Drummond.
The songs started coming quickly, with album opener Colour Of Water all tight refrains and Krautminimalism setting the tone, the album was written in under three months.
All At Once is the sound of Rose pushing herself out of her comfort zone.
A cowrite with Sean Nicholas Savage it provides a darker and stranger flavour to the album, fit with a desire to make some modern musicrdquo.
There are obvious nods to Debbie Harry, The Smiths, ldquothe women I love..
like Karen Dalton or Joni Mitchell or PJ Harvey or Roisin Murphy or Beth Gibbonsrdquo and Fleetwood Mac, particularly on the duet boygirl duet Dive with Boxed In.
ldquoI want it to be human, I want it to be honest.
Theres always going to be artifice within these things, but even just one line in one song can find the kernel of something morerdquo, Take Yourself With You throws a very English melancholia to the Los Angeles breeze, while Answer Me a songwriting collaboration with Andrew Wyatt Miike Snow is an all too glorious reminder of classic power ballads, a bold antidote to the flakey and the indecisive.
This album is the culmination of the strange and hectic decade since the 19yearold Rose jacked in college to go on tour with The Pipettes, made the bold move to go it alone with the introspective solo debut Without Why, then signed up to front Mark Ronsons touring band on a neverending world tour.
It was quite an overwhelming experience, Rose says of the twoandahalfyear Ronson outing.
ldquoA total whirlwind, playing to thousands of people and really performing.
This was something my solo record hadnrsquot called for, there was a lot of me hiding behind my fringe and being indie, but then I was forced to the front of the stage.
It was a bit of a sinkorswim scenario.rdquo Ive had to accept its what Im good at.
she says.
In this country we see that as a bit vulgar, theres that natural sense of being apologetic.
I wanted to be a bit more assertive.
She laughs Ive cut my fringe offrdquo.