Her debut release on Plum Cuts is a cinematic spectacle, following her recent excursion into folk experimentalism.
Photo: Lara Laeverenz | Words: Brad Sked
Rosie Alena has made a triumphant return with her first single via South London based record label, Plum Cuts, founded by producer Oli Barton-Wood Following on from her trad-folk Double A, 'Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be'/'Silver Dagger' (released with Broadside Hacks) new single 'Loophole' marks a return to her grand and expansive original style.
Retaining elements of Alena's folk influences, along with flourishes of Americana and shades of jangly, Brian Jonestown Massacre psychedelia, 'Loophole' is almost transcendental, a stunning three-minute cinematic spectacle. One of the most commanding and finest voices in contemporary grassroots music, the criminally underrated Alena produces vocals that gently introduce the song before erupting with a marvellous power that brings the song to almost Bond theme levels of epic.
Accompanying the single comes a video made by Rosie Alena herself, along with Lara Laeverenz and Ciara Reddy.
On 'Loophole', Alena says "Named after a night in Berlin, 'Loophole' erupted in the midst of a devastating yet exhilarating life shift. My steady six-year relationship that had spanned over my formative adolescent years was coming to an end; the certainty of forever had begun to feel uncomfortable and I was in need of new energy. The song is about navigating a delirious limbo stage of heartbreak where grief and uncertainty looms but the liberation of endless possibilities transcends."
Alena will also be celebrating the release of the single at The Ivy House this Friday, and if you haven't witnessed one of her breathtaking shows before, you should change that, as it's almost an out-of-body experience that's not worth missing.
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