America discovers Blue Roses

While Blue Roses' self-titled debut record was released here back in April, the album only just comes out in the US next week.

Pitchfork recently gave the track I Am Leaving 8/10 and best new music and Stereogum pegged her as a Band To Watch. So it's the perfect opportunity to play catch up if you missed this gorgeous LP the first time around.

Blue Roses is 21 year old singer Laura Groves and a shifting cast of musicians.

The self-titled debut album finds Laura’s haunting voice arranged amidst rich and varied instrumental textures. At heart Groves is an old-school songwriter and storyteller. From soaring folk to dramatic peaks, it’s a personal and heartfelt self-produced debut.

The album was recorded in Laura’s tiny home town of Shipley, in Yorkshire. Much of it was recorded in a piano shop, using a Steinway destined for a local hotel, because she “couldn’t afford to actually buy one”. One track features a choir of friends recorded in a local café. Else where living rooms and local churches were turned in to makeshift studios.

It’s a compelling and warm introduction to a major talent already getting series coverage in the UK music press, and a must for people who love Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, New Buffalo, Joanna Newsom and Bjork.

It’s a stunning mix of fragile, heartfelt songs full of fairytale lyrics delivered with tender, snowflake-like delicacy.

Witness for yourself:







Blue Roses is out now through XL/ Remote Control.