Combining guitar-driven alternative rock with catchy melodies, Coming Up Roses are a London-based quartet inspired by indie rock, shoegaze and punk. Their debut album, ‘How Did We Fall So Far?’, is out now on INH Records.
A video for the album song ‘Gotta Lose It All’ (one half of their current double A sided single) has been made available today and can be seen HERE. “This is a song about feeling lost to the point where you just don’t recognise yourself anymore,” the band explain. “However, somewhere deep down, is the desire to keep going and rediscover who you were or want to be. Sometimes that means relinquishing all the things you hold on tightly to in order to gain control of a situation.”
‘Gotta Lose It All’/’Hello Miss Anxiety’ follows three singles that were all issued prior to the album: ‘I’m In Bed’ VIDEO, ‘Tired’ VIDEO and ‘Over Your Head’ STREAM.
Coming Up Roses are fronted by singer/bassist Emily Sera, who relocated from Singapore to the UK in late 2022 together with guitarist Darius Oon so they could pursue their dream of being in a band as a full-time career. They subsequently met and joined forces with guitarist Charlie Wilson and drummer Caleb Blake.
Influenced by the likes of Wolf Alice, The Joy Formidable and Paramore, along with the vocal production of Ethel Cain and the guitar sound of Deafheaven and DIIV, Coming Up Roses also take inspiration from the vibrant sounds of the burgeoning South East Asian indie scene, blending all this with other British influences.
Directly confronting the uncomfortable to find solace, the multiculturally informed songs presented by the group detail universal themes such as loss, struggles with mental health and personal aspirations. With a sound that is distinctly familiar yet with an appealingly elusive quality that also recalls the likes of The Sundays, Lush and The Cranberries, they released the EPs ‘Waters’ (2019), ‘Everything Is’ (2021) and ‘Coming Up Roses’ (2024) prior to ‘How Did We Fall This Far?’
Discussing the album, Emily states that “we drew a lot on our personal emotional journey of our move to the UK. Although not everyone can relate to uprooting their lives, most people can relate to introspective struggles and the repercussions of things that keep them awake at night.”
In regard to its songs, she continues: “it’s guitar-based alt-rock with pop sensibilities, like if Paramore had more shoegaze and dream-pop influences. We’re also a lot more focused on the storytelling element of our music.” Darius adds: “we wanted to write a record that people can sing along to, but also mosh and cry to. It is definitely a shift towards our more ‘rock’ sound that we’ve hinted at previously, while there is also a bit more of an open, grandiose feeling on certain songs.”
COMING UP ROSES
Emily Sera – vocals, bass
Darius Oon – guitar
Charlie Wilson – guitar
Caleb Blake – drums
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