The title track from my upcoming, debut EP 'Glitch'. This song ruminates on mental health, my own experience with it and how we often think of it as an individual/society. It uses the premise that our issues aren't the dark sides of ourselves to be ashamed of, but simple glitches in our wiring. Unintentional, accidental and perhaps, able to tease out.

Glitch

Confrontingly honest lyrics convey the feelings of ickiness and uncertainty that accompany a love triangle. This track started with a simple picking pattern and layered electric guitar riffs, drums and percussive vocal loops to create a feeling of chaos and anger.

Wasted Time

Inspired by the feeling of female rage, this song was written, recorded and produced in my London apartment by myself and my partner, and mastered by a very socially sound engineer in LA. We layered the cascading mallet-like synth you hear in the intro with electric guitar riffs and impassioned drums to create a fierce and sassy pop-rock song.

Crystallise

Mellow, simple, sad-girl pop has always been an unguilty pleasure of mine to listen to. For my recently released debut EP I have experimented with styles and genres that I love in the hopes of finding my own sound - and thought it was only right to have a pretty song in this body of work. Written about fear and hesitancy when on the precipice of a relationship, the song started with a simple acoustic guitar picking pattern and was then embellished with strings, harps and french horns.

gingerbread cookies

A collection of half-formed musings and regrets, conjured up by a particularly strong wave of nostalgia one day. I think it's lack of succinctness echoes that line in the second verse, 'When did we get scared of clashing colours?' Although I meant this quite literally, I was also expressing a frustration with perfection in general, society's and my own. The song begins by asking a series of questions to my younger self and attempting to see my life through her eyes. And the chorus subject changes to that of my adult self - revealing an anxiety about losing the thing that gives us all our 'sparkle'. That which we have as kids, and I feel often lose as adults, a common malady of modern society. Though it entertains some melancholic thoughts, the song possesses an air of innocent and easy optimism - a general mood of the spring EP.

Clashing Colours

Written about my relationship with my wonderful mother. When my parents split, me and my mum became each other's safety blanket and best friends. When I was 26, I made the plunge to move city and although I was happy with my decision, the move was bittersweet, and will always sting a little. I needed to write this song to acknowledge those feelings, and as a thankyou to her and all that she has done for me. If you have someone in your life, whom you love so dearly it morphs in to co-dependancy but you feel guilt and sadness in taking a step away, I hope that you can relate. ❤️

little notes

An acoustic version of the previously released electro-pop original. I wanted to record a stripped back version to honour how the song was initially written, during lockdown 2020. It's an accidentally personal song that confronts one's mental struggles and the limitations they place on daily life, especially concerning insecurity, appearance and comparison. A hopeful middle 8 turns this song in to a chill, motivational banger you will want to smile and shed a tear to at the same time!

Glitch (Acoustic Version)

An anthem for sensitive, over-thinkers 💖

Written about the trials and uncomfy tribulations of being a highly-sensitive person. Give me a like if you too have cried at a picture of a cute cat before (any other cute animal also qualifies) 🐱

weiird

Written about the temptation of daydreams when the fantasy is more attractive than everyday life. This is the first song I have written to a pre-produced instrumental as opposed to acoustically, on guitar. We opted for reverb-y vocals & often high/low-passed instruments to create the kind of distant and trippy feeling that comes from being detached from reality. Featuring production from Josh Philippe who layered sweeping reverse synths and harps to create the kind of ambient and textured pop song I dreamt of writing to.

Make Me Fall

The original version of this song was written, recorded and produced in lockdown 2020 by me and my partner Josh Philippe. For this remixed version we wanted to push the song in the direction of tropical house/downtempo electronica. It centres around the feeling of missing a loved one and touches on the potential strain distance can put on a relationship. We used vocal chops, textured samples & layered reverb to create ambience and elevate the original, and it is to feature on my upcoming EP release 'summer'. Best listened to whilst driving at night, sipping a white wine at sunset or star gazing.

Rosalind Joy