Release: ELLIS - BORN AGAIN ELLIS - BORN AGAIN

ELLIS - BORN AGAIN (Fat Possum Records) Produced by Jake Aron (Snail Mail, Solange, Grizzly Bear) and recorded partly at Aron’s Brooklyn studio, Born Again arrives as the follow-up to Ellis’s debut EP The Fuzz—a self-released, self-produced effort that promptly led to a deal with Fat Possum Records.  In a departure from the viscerally charged dream-pop of The Fuzz, Born Again unfolds with a mesmerizing subtlety, gracefully spotlighting Ellis’s unhurried melodies, starkly confessional lyrics, and the luminous vocal work the Ontario-based singer/songwriter Linnea Siggelkow has shown in opening for artists like Soccer Mommy and Alvvays.

 Embedded with Ellis’s untethered guitar work and elegant piano melodies, Born Again showcases the sophisticated musicality she’s honed since taking up piano at age four (partly due to the influence of her mother, a piano teacher). The summer she was 12, Siggelkow saved up her babysitting money and bought her first guitar, then began writing her own songs a few years later. “Because of my anxiety, the idea of performing was always intimidating, so the songs stayed in my bedroom for a long time,” she notes. Upon moving to Toronto in her early 20s, Siggelkow started playing in local bands, later making her name as a solo performer in the city’s DIY scene, until she eventually adopting the moniker of Ellis (a play on her initials).

• Tracklist:
• 1. Ellis - Pringle Creek03:55
  2. Ellis - Born Again02:16
  3. Ellis - Shame03:58
  4. Ellis - Embarrassing02:42
  5. Ellis - March 1301:52
  6. Ellis - Fall Apart03:49
  7. Ellis - Happy01:20
  8. Ellis - Into the Trees04:05
  9. Ellis - Saturn Return02:41
  10. Ellis - Zhuangzis Dream03:27

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