A new release from Elena Rogers is something to get excited about and the Song About Me EP is another collaboration with Jamie Hoover, who we are big fans of. I loved the Always Trying EP released earlier this year, you can read my review here.
This time round, there are only three songs, one an instrumental, but what an instrumental, yet this is more than enough to realise Rogers's versatility and quirkiness. She is in Southport, not our one, but the one in North Carolina. All three songs benefit from left field arrangements and inspired out of the ordinary takes.
Song About Me is a more straight ahead affair than usual, a bit Indie Pop, but it shows off Rogers's vocal dexterity, she adds unusual directions vocally and still allows an unexpected breakout into something much more jaunty.
Stars has a shared vocal with Hoover that works brilliantly. More than a slight Psych Pop vibe exists and Hoover's vocal takes a more Pop Rock direction whilst keeping the mood intact. The Sick Day is wonderfully atmospheric.
It is an instrumental, piano led with a Baroque effect that reminds you of a String Quartet playing in a 30s Tea Shop. Elena Rogers is a major talent, maybe too quirky for the mainstream, but hopefully a song such as Song About Me will open up a deserved wider audience. I can't wait for an album. This is music that surprises you and catches you completely by surprise. Intelligent Indie maybe, but that is what lifts my heart most.
You can listen to and buy the EP here.
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