Melbourne-based indie-pop singer-songwriter Winn Rose invites you on an emotional journey through her immersive and affecting debut album, ‘so far.’ This eight-track album plunges into the very core of love and life, unearthing themes both terrifying and beautiful, heart-rending and joyful, hard-hitting and cathartic. Each song lets you find connection, empathy, and healing within its layers. Harmonizing personal stories and exquisite melodies into rich, multi-dimensional musical vistas, Winn Rose creates a complete, absorbing listening experience that moves you.
‘ANGELS’ opens the album to a profound and poignant start. Through metaphorical and introspective lyricism, Winn Rose delves into themes of personal limitations, identity, and growth. The track unfolds across an expansive musical landscape, where somber piano notes, cinematic ambiance, and pulsating percussion converge. Winn Rose’s commanding vocal performance amplifies the passion in the music, drawing listeners further into its depths. This song serves as a compelling prelude, introducing the creativity, emotional openness, and skill that will define the subsequent tracks.
‘Barely Breathing’ continues to embrace the melancholy and vulnerability of the previous track. Only here it is alchemized into elevated emotive quotients, with the artist navigating love, yearning, and separation with power and grace. The music soars and falls; with rich guitars, pounding drums, and masterful vocals, putting on a majestic show of sounds, materializing the tender and daunting moments illustrated in the lyrics.
Instrumental interludes ‘the water - interlude’ and ‘the mountains - interlude’ both act as grounding passages that allow you to absorb the vastness and intensity of the emotions and themes in the songs. The pristine, stripped-back, and calming instrumentation in these tracks is sublime and impeccable, making you feel at ease and soothed.
‘deep dive’ slows the momentum down, magnifying into the experience; the pain, despair, and loss that comes with love, through a raw and vulnerable soundscape. Winn Rose does not hold back, unleashing the might of these emotions through her rousing vocal performance alongside an equally affecting instrumentation.
‘in love anyway’ moves with a galloping rhythm and glows with radiant melodies. Winn Rose’s vocal range is impressive; her singing can go from a softened disposition to more imposing stances with absolute elegance and ease. This track sees the melancholy transmuted into a brighter, enthused character, offering a shift in perspective from the previous tracks.
‘Rough’ further elevates the change in tonality, with an upbeat drum rhythm, vibrant guitars, and lighter vocals. There is a catchy, infectious energy to the sound. Pop sensibilities swell here, with the melodies flowing with refreshing smoothness and buoyancy amidst the lush musical landscape.
‘remind me,’ the final track of the album, ends the record on a more hopeful, blissful, and loving note. The warm acoustic guitars, swirling atmospheric backdrop, and Winn Rose’s heartfelt vocal melodies interlace beautifully, forming a comforting soundscape that envelops you in its gentle embrace.
Music serves as a powerful vessel to help navigate the turbulent waters of human connection and life experiences, and Winn Rose captains it masterfully. Her style of songwriting coupled with her vocal prowess is a match that is rare to come by, and one that is capable of inspiring, uplifting, and healing the soul. Listen to ‘so far’ by Winn Rose here!
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