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ANGELA Rose adopted such a nonchalant attitude when releasing her debut single Summer Love last March that she had no idea that triple j was digging her song. “I put it [on triple j Unearthed] and I forgot about it and looked back a few weeks later and there was some criticism from Dave Ruby Howe and a few other triple j presenters, ”Rose said. “It was quite surreal. I absolutely did not expect that. I also missed my triple-j debut on Roots’ n All because I wasn’t checking my emails because I wasn’t expecting it. next Tuesday. Utopia leans on its playful indie-pop sound, which also incorporates a touch of alternative country thanks to Rose’s love for Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and modern artist Maggie Rogers. Rose’s fragile voice sits somewhere between Julia Jacklin and Hannah Joy of the Middle Kids. . “I’ve been writing for a while now, but with these two [Summer Love and Utopia] I could predict from the start what I wanted them to be, “she said.” These two songs made it very easy for me to see the whole picture. “Rose, real name Angela Matla , previously starred with sister Sarahlyn Cowper in The Feather Chain duo. The duo performed a multitude of shows around the Hunter, including a supporting slot with The Black Sorrows in early 2020. After Cowper got pregnant and focused on motherhood, Rose decided to go ahead with her music. A friend recommended Summer Love as the first single, so Rose teamed up with producer Rhys Zacher at Glendale’s Spinlight Studios to see what happened. turns out good, I’ll post it and if it turns out bad nobody needs to know. I went there and ended up liking the product. ” Rose is working on her debut EP, which she plans to release in 2022 to coincide with her first tour. IT IS OK that Romy Church, aka e4444e, has a song called Burning on his latest album Autumnal Eve about the Buddhist philosophy of suppressing self-belief. The Newcastle electronic artist tried to reinvent himself on his third album, but as he found out, it’s almost impossible to get lost. “I wanted to make my own rock album, but it didn’t come out that way obviously, but there are rock elements for sure,” Church said. “It’s my version of a guitar album, I suppose. Church wrote Autumnal Eve on acoustic guitar last year, building on the more organic sound he first unveiled on his 2020 Coldstream Road album. While the album features more conventional instrumentation – provided by himself, his brother Noah Church and Dougal McMullan – e4444e trademark ambient sounds give Autumnal Eve a meditative feel. In fact, the album is influenced by Buddhist poetry and space and continues the fascination of Church for the nature he first explored when he debuted in 2018, Mr Dover and The Endless Rovers. “As I get older, my way of thinking changes [nature influencing my music]”he said.” I think this is my ocean album in terms of space. If the last one was a river, then this one is an ocean. “An album launch tour is scheduled for February. THE Hunter has two chances of winning the Listen Up Songwriting Prize after Newcastle’s Boi (Anna Buckingham) and LaHi of Singleton (Laura Higgins) advanced to the national grand final.The other artist to have progressed since last week’s NSW semi-final was Sydney’s Goldheist (Hester Fraser), who is the granddaughter of the Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. NEWCASTLE Country Queen Catherine Britt has teamed up with Melbourne Americana Faithful Lachlan Bryan to form The Pleasures Pleasures debut single The Beginning Of The End will be released on January 21 on the Beverley label Britt’s Hillbilly Records to coincide with the duo’s opening concert at Welders Dog on January 20 during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Hunter fans can see The Pleasures on February 9 at the Grand Junction Hotel. Live music gara COVID-19 at Newcastle University’s Callaghan campus has been non-existent since the Pnau and Rubens weekend in April. However, Bar On The Hill is snapping up a big return show on December 11 to end 2021 on a high. Party On The Hill features a hunters-only lineup, with Maitland producers Just A Gent (Jacob Grant) and Kinder (Savannah and Briony Osei) headlining and Newcastle dance rockers Raave Tapes. Bill also includes Jayteehazard, Slapjack, Teddie, Osprey, Kai West, Hoie and Lachy G.

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ANGELA Rose took such a nonchalant attitude when releasing her first single Summer Love Last March, she was completely unaware that triple j was digging her song.

“I put it [on triple j Unearthed] and I forgot about it and looked back a few weeks later and there was some criticism from Dave Ruby Howe and a few other triple j presenters, ”Rose said.

“It was pretty surreal. I wasn’t expecting it at all. I also missed my triple-j debut on Roots’ n All because I wasn’t checking my emails because I wasn’t expecting it. . “

Expectations are certainly higher for the second single from the 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Beresfield. Utopia, released next Tuesday.

Utopia builds on her playful indie-pop sound, which also incorporates a touch of alternative country thanks to Rose’s love for Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and modern artist Maggie Rogers.

Rose’s fragile voice falls somewhere between Julia Jacklin and Hannah Joy of Middle Kids.

“I’ve been writing for a while now, but with these two [Summer Love and Utopia] I could predict up front how I wanted them to be, ”she said.

“These two songs made it really easy to see the whole picture.”

Rose, whose real name is Angela Matla, has previously performed with her sister Sarahlyn Cowper in the duo The Feather Chain. The pair have performed a plethora of shows around the Hunter, including a support slot with The Black Sorrows in early 2020.

After Cowper got pregnant and focused on motherhood, Rose decided to go ahead with her music.

A friend recommended Summer Love As her first single, Rose teamed up with producer Rhys Zacher at Spinlight Studios in Glendale to see what happened.

“I had this attitude of having booked a day and I’m going to break everything,” she said. “If it turns out right I’ll post it and if it turns out bad nobody needs to know. I went there and ended up liking the product.”

Rose is working on her debut EP, which she plans to release in 2022 to coincide with her first tour.

PUSHING AHEAD: Romy Church aka e4444e has released their third album Autumnal Eve. Photo: Paul Cher

It’s only fitting that Romy Church, aka e4444e, has a song called Burning on his latest album The autumn eve about the Buddhist philosophy of suppressing the idea of ​​self.

The Newcastle electronic artist tried to reinvent himself on his third album, but as he found out, it’s almost impossible to get lost.

“I wanted to make my own rock album, but it didn’t turn out that way, obviously, but there is definitely some rock element to it,” Church said. “It’s my version of a guitar album, I guess.”

The church wrote The eve of autumn on acoustic guitar last year, building on the more organic sound he first showed off on his 2020 album Coldstream Road. While the album features more conventional instrumentation – provided by himself, his brother Noah Church and Dougal McMullan – the characteristic ambient sounds of the e4444e give The eve of autumn a meditative feeling.

Lyrically, the album is influenced by Buddhist poetry and space and continues Church’s fascination with the nature he first explored when he debuted in 2018. Mr Dover and the Endless Rovers.

“As I get older, my way of thinking changes [nature influencing my music]”he said.” I think this is my ocean album in terms of space. If the last was a river, then this is an ocean. “

An album launch tour is scheduled for February.

The other artist to have progressed since last week’s NSW semi-finals was Sydney’s Goldheist (Hester Fraser), who is the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

NEW DUO: Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan are The Pleasures.

NEWCASTLE Country Queen Catherine Britt has teamed up with American Melbourne pillar Lachlan Bryan to form The Pleasures.

The first single from Pleasures The beginning of the end releases January 21 on Britt’s Beverley Hillbilly Records label to coincide with the duo’s opening show at The Welders Dog on January 20 during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Hunter fans will be able to see The Pleasures on February 9 at the Grand Junction Hotel.

COVID-19 guaranteed live music on Newcastle University’s Callaghan campus has been non-existent since the Pnau and Rubens weekend in April.

However, Bar On The Hill is snapping up a big return show on December 11 to end 2021 on a high.

Party On The Hill features a hunters-only lineup, headlining Maitland producers Just A Gent (Jacob Grant) and Kinder (Savannah and Briony Osei) and Newcastle dance rockers Raave Tapes.

Bill also includes Jayteehazard, Slapjack, Teddie, Osprey, Kai West, Hoie and Lachy G.