Emerging artist Chloe Rodgers returns with the uplifting alt-pop delight ‘Coins For Charon’, out March 9th through Crowds & Power
"Chloe Rodgers is the youthful face of alt-pop you should already be getting to know." -WONDERLAND
“"The Algea" is a dreamy slice of baroque pop” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT
(Song Of The Day)
"Rodgers’ stated admiration for Thom Yorke is evident in both her lithe and immaculate vocals and her layered lyrical musings. Much like the Radiohead frontman, she walks a thin line between connected peace and crushing anxiety” - UNDER THE RADAR
"Chloe Rodgers takes a different approach to pop music... her otherworldly vocals opening up a portal to a fascinatingly serene new world." - REFINERY 29
“With whispering vocals and an acoustic guitar that builds into cinematic strings, Chloe Rodgers’ new track is a beautiful piece of sonic work” - NOTION
"symphonic art pop" - UNDER THE RADAR
LISTEN TO ‘COINS FOR CHARON’ HERE
With support already coming in from the likes of The Line Of Best Fit, Under The Radar (21 for 2021), Earmilk, CLASH, Wonderland Magazine, NOTION, Refinery 29, Record of the Day and many many more over the last year, emerging artist Chloe Rodgers has now returned to deliver her dynamic new single ‘Coins For Charon’.
Following up an impressive initial year in 2020, which saw her release ‘A Delphian Lullaby’, ‘Faces’, and ‘The Algea’, ‘Coins For Charon’ marks her first piece of new material in 2021, and sees her return to the vibrant alt-pop aesthetic that she has mastered to date. Written by regular collaborators Anders Källmark and Nick van Hofwegan, her latest release uses a mix of atmospheric piano-led soundscapes and thunderous percussion to deliver a grand and euphoric return that perfectly accompanies her delicate and sweeping voice.
Speaking about the new single, Chloe said, "Coins for Charon was written by Anders Källmark and Nick van Hofwegan, AKA Young & Sick.. It’s about losing someone you love. I do like the track. The dynamic change and percussion in the chorus was a good call, and the drummer (Giovanni Velez), is a genius."
Born and raised in Nottingham – a part of the United Kingdom that she still enjoys living in – Chloe is lucky enough to have the kind of disposition that makes you swoon at the impossibility of her existence within the confines of what it is to be a modern day pop star.
With influences that stretch from PJ Harvey to Billie Eilish, she notes Thom Yorke as her biggest inspiration, explaining “You know immediately that his lyrics have hidden depths,” she suggests, “but the deeper you dig, the further you are from getting to what they might mean.”
Chloe first came to public attention after accidentally winning Notts X Factor – she was interning at a local record label and was put up for an audition by her boss – which resulted in pecuniary financial advantage, a series of local gigs and a presence on YouTube that brought her to the attention of music producer and composer, Anders Källmark and Crowds And Power record label.
“She was so effortlessly talented”, says Källmark, “that we thought she must be performing a series of covers. But she wasn’t!” Kallmark subsequently included her as the main vocal component in Twenty Committee, an innovative, contemporaneous project featuring a rotating cast of songwriters and performers bearing a loose resemblance – at least in conception - to that ever-elusive, 1980s abstract phenomenon known as This Mortal Coil. “Chloe is absolutely integral to Twenty Committee and puts her own spin on everything we do together,” adds Källmark.
With a string of future releases at the ready, Chloe Rodgers looks to have a bright solo career on the horizon. She is most definitely one to watch in 2021.
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