Emerging artist L.A. Rochelle previews his forthcoming EP with the powerful new single 'All Away', out October 22nd

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Having found his feet in the creative world with production credits for Tricky, recording vocals for synthpop duo Scratch Massive, and composing the soundtrack of a lost Lars Von Trier feature amongst other numerous fashion and artistic events, London-based French artist L.A. Rochelle is looking to break through as an act all of his own as he delivers the powerful new single ‘ALL AWAY’.

The L.A. Rochelle project and pseudonym was born from tragedy, as the artist escaped his flat in Paris where his best friend had taken the life of his other best friend. Both were his flatmates, and the pair were hiding a relationship due to one of the friends hiding their sexuality, driven to being so secretive for fear of judgement from their family.

‘ALL AWAY’ became a therapeutic aid to recovery in which to deal with the sorrow he was now suffering from. His upcoming new EP looks to illustrate the stages of grief that brought his world crumbling down, sharing the raw and intimate details of the denial he felt, through powerful songwriting and heartfelt emotion.

Speaking about the new single, he said, "'ALL AWAY' is about the various ways we distract ourselves from realising we are in denial. We party, we drink, we smoke…and for what? Beyond the temporary feeling of bliss, isn’t the point to escape and numb ourselves from a component of reality that we cannot bear to face?

“I wrote this song at a point when my own reality certainly was too brutal to face. I went from sharing a flat with my two best friends to standing alone in a crime scene after one stabbed the other. After that, escaping was my only way to cope with reality."

Dealing with immense trauma and grief, L.A. Rochelle immersed himself in his music – a process that redefined his perspective of love, friendship and loss. It was through his escape from his hometown, La Rochelle in France, to L.A., that the name that would later define his project came into being.

L.A. Rochelle aka Pierre-Andréas Berndt is now living in London. His forthcoming debut EP is the first in a series of releases about the stages of grief, 'ALL AWAY' is the starting point - denial.

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