My new song ‘Into Elysium’; a sad, dark indie pop song that I wrote, recorded and mixed all myself in two days. I used to instruments for this song; my guitar and my keyboard as well as a couple of drum beats. I am very happy with it. I am a huge fan of songs that end in a crescendo which this song does so keep listening till the end. I created a music video using vintage footage for this song which is available on YouTube, it is pretty sweet and nostalgic so I hope you can find the opportunity to give it a watch. As some of you know, this entire project is done by myself and I cannot monetise my content so please feel free to give a donation which is found in my links. There is no pressure of course but it helps me a lot. Thank you!

Lyrics:
I don’t know why I stay
I ain’t got much to live for anyway
And if I decided to fade away
Those ancient seasons will continue to change

I would sing about the good old days
When I was a child and life was a game
I ain’t been happy in decades
I think I’ll rush into the rings of the bay
 
Someone, somewhere will open up that gate
Into Elysium or eternal flame
I will love and I will hate
And if that’s just the way it goes, well then that’s just the way

I always tried my best to be good
But that doesn’t always work out like it should
Lost in translation and lost in the flood
 Lost to the stars that burn above 

Someone, somewhere will open up that gate
Into Elysium or eternal flame
I will love and I will hate
And if that’s just the way it goes, well then that’s just the way

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I will love and I will hate
And if that’s just the way it goes, well then that’s just the way

Into Elysium

Clutching at the coattails of gothic folk, Rosa Lavenne delivers a dreamy sound with melancholic lyricism. Heavy on reverbed synths, as well as the folk traditions of fingerstyle guitar and melodic harmonies, mean that Rosa stands at the crossroads between tradition and modernism. The intricate fingerstyle guitar and natural vibrato of Joan Baez combined with the ethereal sadness and dreampop inclinations of Marissa Nadler is one way to describe the sound of Rosa Lavenne. Under the influence of the acoustic masters such as Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Sandy Denny and Bob Dylan, Rosa Lavenne adds her unique twist on folk pop melancholia. 

Rosa has been played multiple times on national radio (BBC Wales) and has been featured in the British folk magazine Folk Radio UK. She has been compared to folk greats such as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks and Sandy Denny. 

It is important to Rosa that her art is entirely her own which is why she writes, records and produces all the sounds entirely herself. She frequently sings about the loneliness and hopelessness of youth as well as heartbreak, love loss and a longing to return to the past. Like herself, Rosa’s music is introspective, pensive and, at times, pretty gothic. She hopes listeners will come and explore this world with her.

rosalavenne@gmail.com