“I wanted this album to sound like a collage”, says Rosie Lowe of her new album Lover, Other, coming August 16th via Blue Flowers Music. “My love of choral music, sample culture, the energy of live music and the intricacy of more produced elements in electronic music. I wanted to incorporate it all into an album, weaving together the different processes in writing that excite me”. It’s a messy mission statement but one born from a decade of experience in the music industry – and a lifetime of obsession before that – and over the fifteen tracks of Lover, Other, that complexity and conflict is reflected – self-doubt pitted against self-assurance, age against youth, life against death – Lowe’s inner dialogue laid bare. It’s a tightrope trapeze-act, a frankenstein vehicle for her art, expertly tied together by Lowe’s flawless vocal layers and effortless delivery. The resulting record is a celebration of all sides of Lowe’s character and musicality, a patchwork tapestry of her experience.

Debuting with her EP Right Thing in 2013, over the last decade the Devon-born, Deptford-based artist has carved out a space as one of British music’s most idiosyncratic artists. Her debut album, 2016’s Control, and 2019’s follow-up YU, released via Paul Epworth’s Wolf Tone label, earned critical acclaim with features in the Guardian and British Vogue as well as support from Radio 1 and 6Music. Her effortless, instantly recognisable vocals also brought attention from her peers, spawning collaborations with artists including Jay Electronica, Little Simz, Machinedrum and Lil Silva amongst others and a sample by hip-hop goliaths Future & Juice Wrld on ‘No Issue’.