To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' infamous album, Abbey Road, MOJO magazine have enlisted some of the best musical talent of the moment to create Abbey Road Now! and Blue Roses have co...
Blue Roses have a busy month ahead, supporting Noah and the Whale on their European tour. Gigs are taking place at venues all across the continent throughout September and tickets are still available ...
Ay up!Firstly, a quick note to say thanks if you came along to the Grammatics Vs. Blue Roses gig last night in Leeds...it was a pleasure to play with such talented people, and indeed one of my favouri...
Hi all,Really sorry to have to say Blue Roses have had to pull out of today's Field Day. Laura has a sore throat and the doctor has told her not to sing. Sorry to anyone that bought tickets specifical...
Blue Roses will be playing a gig at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which runs throughout most of August. The gig takes place on Saturday 8th August and doors open...
Hi AllBlue Roses debut album will be released on July 21st in the US on XL. Pitchfork.com has already given I Am Leaving 8/10 and AOL has the full album up for preview at http://www.spinner.com/new-re...
Like any millennial twentysomething, Laura Groves’ (a.k.a. Blue Roses) artistic statement reappraises familiar forms and reinvests them with new meaning. Her biography is unusually specific in citing multiple influences and, though comparing new artists to familiar artists is par for the course when introducing a new musician, it’s pretty difficult to find any piece written about Groves that doesn’t mention Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Bat for Lashes, and/or Joanna Newsom. Yet in spite of all these comparisons to older artists and her own emphasis on those who have influenced her, Groves clearly has a unique viewpoint and is successfully working to craft a voice all her own.
“I Am Leaving”, from Groves’ forthcoming self-produced debut Blue Roses, is a particularly apt example of her sophisticated songwriting and inventive production techniques. It’s also an impressive showcase of her knack for merging disparate techniques and instruments. Groves overlaps acoustic fingerpicking with lavish, swirling synths, and her faerie-in-the-glen voice is multi-tracked into backing harmony, creating an ethereal pillow on which the other components of the arrangement rest. Her affinity for layering also makes its way into “Leaving”‘s lyrics, which connote gathering bits of old material and then imbuing them with new meaning: “I’ll tear up letters/ I’ll take some pictures from their frames/ To make a story from the way I’m choosing”. Forging a new path inlaid with pictures, words, and other memories, she creates a new identity— a kind of “I Will Survive” for the Facebook generation.
We are really excited to announce Blue Roses will be playing Latitude festival in Suffolk, Friday July 17th. Laura will be playing on the Sunrise Stage, which is the one hidden in the woods, at 5:05PM...