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01. Claire Rousay - i couldn't find the light
02. Claire Rousay - conditional love
03. Claire Rousay - just (feat. m sage)
04. Claire Rousay - somehow
05. Claire Rousay - night one
06. Claire Rousay - doubt
07. Claire Rousay - somewhat burdensome
08. Claire Rousay - a little death
ARTIST
TITLE
a little death
FORMAT
LP

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THRILL 637LP THRILL 637LP
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RELEASE DATE
10/31/2025

LP version. "claire rousay's music cascades from a well of documented experience, reflections of the past that compose the present. A prolific multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer, rousay gracefully crafts boundaryless music. From her frequent and acclaimed collaborations with artists like M. Sage, more eaze, Gretchen Korsmo, Andrew Weathers, LEYA, and Alex Cunningham, to her film scoring like on The Bloody Lady. From her own compositions to her solo pop work, rousay's music is delicate yet powerful, carefully constructed with a casual intimacy. rousay collages a wealth of found sounds and field recordings with earthy strings, stately piano, and processed instrumentation, all of which trace the outlines of memories and distinct impressions and create a complex constellation of feeling. rousay's music has evolved from confessional to conversational and excavates the rich emotional essence of each passage. Her work as both archivist and adept arranger and orchestrator merge sublimely into deeply honest and engrossing music. On a little death, rousay's blend of pop sensibility and compositional acumen turn abstracted sounds into tangible feelings, its warm, glimmering glow coalescing sensually with the darkness. The process of composing a little death felt like a homecoming for rousay after the more pop-oriented song forms of 2024's sentiment. 'sentiment was a different way of working that helped refresh my music making habits and usual flow,' rousay notes. 'This record is a return to what I see as my core solo practice, a re-dedication to those methods of working which I've found most align with what I envision my music or sound to be.' Intended as a part of a trilogy along with a heavenly touch and a softer focus, the pieces on a little death sprout from a wellspring of tactile samples and granularly processed sounds. The use of sounds recorded from her life outside of the studio remains a throughline in her work. While the previous two albums used field recordings as the primary sound source or central figure in the compositions, here they act more as springboards, timbrally intertwining with live instruments like additional voices in a chamber ensemble."

"Pop at its most fragile, attenuated and surreal." --New York Times

"a fantastic tour de force -- a musical antidote to numbness." --Rolling Stone