This is the first single from The Rosie Varela Project's upcoming album, "What Remains" (out June 3, 2022)! The solo project’s debut album is a lush and emotional sonic tapestry that is an honest examination of life’s difficulties through an adventurous musical sensibility, ranging from avant-pop to dream pop to psychedelic folk.

Fault Line

Instrumental version of our debut album "What Remains!"

Rosie Varela is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for acclaimed shoegaze band EEP, whose albums have been praised by tastemaking outlets such as KEXP and The Big Takeover. Rosie created The Rosie Varela Project, an Avant-Pop/Indie Rock band for songs that bend genre and may not always fit into EEP's shoegaze style.

The solo project’s debut album What Remains is a collection of songs that explores many moments and moods throughout a woman’s life through the lens of the experiences that Rosie Varela has lived. It touches upon the sounds and musical influences - from avant-pop to dream pop to psychedelic folk - that have inspired her throughout her life. The album is an invitation to connect and to feel.

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Surrender (instrumental)

Foolish Things (instrumental)

My Sunshine (instrumental)

Fault Line (instrumental)

Leave Me Alone (instrumental)

What Remains (instrumental)

Night Sky (instrumental)

What Remains (Instrumental)

Wound (Instrumental)

Louise (Instrumental)

“What You Want” is a fun and introspective dive into some trip hop and hip hop ideas I wanted to explore. In working with Who Is Raphael Leraux, I found that his verses added even more depth and cohesion to the themes of the song. We’re talking about how often it is that we lose sight of the basics of life - home, family, friends, health - and instead focus on our wants and desires. Our producer, Ross Ingram, really helped us to fuse my soulful shoegaze/dreampop style with Who Is Raphael Leraux’s modern hip hop and pop sensibilities.

Words: Rosie Varela and Who Is Raphael Leraux

Music: The Rosie Varela Project (feat. Who Is Raphael Leraux)

Producer: Ross Ingram

Engineer: Ross Ingram

Mastering Engineer: Charlie Vela

Cover Artwork: Rosie Varela

Rosie Varela: Guitar, Vocals, Synth, Flute, Piano, Percussion

Ross Ingram: Guitar, Synths, Percussion, Drums

Sebastian Estrada: Bass

Who Is Raphael Leraux: Vocals, Percussion

Recorded and mixed at Brainville, Sunland Park, New Mexico

What You Want (feat. Who Is Raphael Leraux)

The debut single for The Rosie Varela Project, "Low" is an upbeat, dreamy guitar-driven song Rosie Varela wrote about feeling sad and not being able to fully express it. Rosie intends to release singles throughout 2021, as a lead-in to her debut solo album in early 2022.

Rosie Varela is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for acclaimed shoegaze band EEP, whose albums have been praised by tastemaking outlets such as KEXP and The Big Takeover. Rosie created The Rosie Varela Project, an Avant-Pop/Indie Rock band for songs that bend genre and may not always fit into EEP's shoegaze style.

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