Fast-rising artist Chloe Rodgers delivers a warm and intimate video for her latest single 'Back To The Quay'
NOTTINGHAM SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR NOV 5TH
NEW EP ‘BACK TO THE QUAY’, OUT NOVEMBER 26TH
PRAISE FOR CHLOE RODGERS:
"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
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘BACK TO THE QUAY’ HERE
After returning to announce the details behind her highly-anticipated debut EP ‘Back To The Quay’ in recent months, emerging artist Chloe Rodgers has now unveiled the warm and intimate new video for the collection’s stunning title-track.
Teaming up once again with her usual visual collaborator Kate Lomas, the new video for ‘Back To The Quay’ sees her in a far more reclusive and stripped-back guise. Paying homage to her late grandfather and offering a sweet and subtle serenade of the song on acoustic guitar, her band largely stands aside while she swoons her way through this heartfelt new release, creating a far more vulnerable artist than we are used to seeing at the helm.
Speaking about the new video, she said, "We shot a number of videos on the same day, the one for 'Back To The Quay' is my favourite. I felt the most at ease with my guitar in my arms and it’s the song that means the most to me on the EP which is why it’s the title track. A lot of my friends only saw my papa once he had deteriorated and I wanted to put that little clip of him in it so that everyone could see a glimpse of the real person I wrote it about, even though that only shows a teensy part of how brilliant he was."
Chloe Rogers previous singles ‘Better View’, ‘A Delphian Lullaby’, ‘Faces’, ‘The Algea’, and ‘Coins For Charon’ have been supported by the likes of The Line Of Best Fit, Under The Radar (21 for 2021), Earmilk, CLASH, Wonderland Magazine, NOTION, Refinery 29, and Record of the Day.
‘Back To The Quay’ EP Tracklisting:
1. Better View
2. Back To The Quay
3. Bones
4. Free Your Mind
Chloe has also just announced her debut headline show at Nottingham’s Bodega on Friday November 5th. Tickets on sale now from Alttickets.com and Gigantic.com
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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