Ellur aka Ella McNamara is a profoundly considerate singer-songwriter. The phrase genuine will get bandied round loads however right here, on her new single, the title monitor to an upcoming EP, she describes with harsh accuracy the rabbit within the headlights concern she and her era are coping with a lot. “I believe an excessive amount of / I’m all out of fucks / The world’s on hearth / I’m simply getting drunk / And the concern is actual / Inform me how one can really feel / Inform me how one can really feel / God assist me now”.
It’s neither a novel girl’s nor British expertise sadly, though these are very a lot on the forefront of Ellur’s private storytelling. Her heat, resounding voice sometimes supplies glimpses of her West Yorkshire accent as she pores over the frustration and navigates a world of potential violence, betrayal, misplaced love, and unfulfilled ambitions. It might sound bleak and in some senses that’s as a result of it’s however when she modifies key and reaches right into a stirringly infectious finale, replete with a refrain of backing vocals, there’s a real sense of hope. Co-written with Benjamin Francis Leftwich that is the primary providing from an EP due out January 2025. Good luck conserving issues below wraps that lengthy as Ellur is a uncommon voice that calls for to be out on the planet.
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