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No Elegant Way To Sell Out

by Ellie Bleach

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Derek DeGroot
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Derek DeGroot Shame I can't afford to import this :(
Great songs, I can't want to hear a full length. Favorite track: Doing Really Well Thanks.
Reuben Consumer
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Reuben Consumer Such a strong release, and just in time for wistfully staring out my window while the breeze busts right through my sweater. Bleach’s fantastic vocals can be comfortably compared to Weyes Blood and Florence Welch, but beyond that the songs just **get** me right where it hurts a bit… most of these tracks take the best story beats from the golden age of rom and romcoms, but it’s so easy to slip inside the stories myself, reminding me of Carole King hits. And ofc love that breakdown in the middle 8 Favorite track: Tupperware Party.
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i was only passing through catch up with my parents take some books from my old room where they’ll sit on my dresser in the city where i’ll move i love the way my face looks in the windows of the tube distorted like a hall of mirrors and all those suited men the city is a buffet just don’t fill up on the bread is what my best friend told me when i described how we met as if the lord himself gave me a novelty sized cheque i thought god - what a generous lover please don’t ask me how i am i think you knew the answer when you went to kiss my hand oh you know the reason i am here it’s not the spiral staircase it’s not the chandeliers oh I’m doing really well thanks i look after myself thanks I don’t need you yeah I’m doing really well thanks i do not need your help thanks don’t need it and don’t you pity me at least i do my crying on egyptian cotton sheets who’d have thought that little miss most likely to succeed would be conducting business in the back of limousines pull up the partition on one condition please don’t ask me how i am i think you knew the answer when you went to kiss my hand oh you know the reason i am here it’s not the spiral staircase it’s not the chandeliers its that time again you’ve got work at 9am i sleep better on your bathroom floor than i do in my bed oh what must you think of me please don’t tell them what you’ve seen I’ve done awful things for money but you’ve all done worse for free please don’t ask me how i am i think you knew the answer when you went to kiss my hand oh you know the reason i am here it’s not the spiral staircase it’s not the chandeliers oh I’m doing really well thanks i look after myself thanks i’m doing really well thanks i don’t not need you do not need you doing really well thanks i do not need your help thanks i’m doing really well thanks i don’t not need you do not need you
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You were born into the land of signet rings and summer houses Me, into the province of the personalised number plate Oh how thrilling it must be to have money but no taste Safe behind the electronic gates You were raised with the relentless extraversion of evangelicals Taught that you’re uncredited if you’re not centre stage Then they took away your God and let the floodlights bleach your face A shivering understudy giving sermons in your place And you, will never love me And that’s okay Think of all the energy I’ll save Praying to a god, I made up just to Prove I can Fuck everything and think like a big strong man Oh sweet darling, do you ever shut up? You know I hate it when you interrupt Let’s go out on the town, your search is through You’ve finally found a girl who’s smarter than you -will never love me And that’s okay Think of all the energy i’ll save Praying to a god, i made up just to Prove I can Fuck everything and think like a big strong man And when i play you this song Here’s what you’ll say ‘I love the breakdown in the middle eight’ And you’ll ignore that strange pulsating thing I tore out from my chest You don’t see me rip my heart out All you see is ugly red I guess that’s what artists do Wish I could be a big strong man like you Never never, never be good enough Never never, I’ll never be good enough Never never, I’ll never be good enough Never never, I’ll never be good enough

about

Ellie Bleach's debut EP is set for release October 6th via London-based tastemaker label Sad Club Records. The EP title, No Elegant Way To Sell Out, refers to a lyric from the first verse of 'Precious Feelings' and is emblematic of the whole EP.

"I see 'selling out’ as abandoning oneself in pursuit of success, in whatever form that may be. Whether it’s romantic love or industry acclaim, all of the characters in the EP are desperate to be understood and appreciated."

Taught piano by a pet healer at an early age, a wry, humorous vein runs through Ellie Bleach's music; weaving confessional songwriting with an old school showmanship that spans light whimsy to grandiose theatricality. Inspired by leading female songwriters of the 90s, from Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey to Alanis Morrissette, Ellie Bleach’s charming facade and razor-sharp satire harbours a biting cynicism that lingers restlessly in the wings.

The production on the EP was inspired by soft rock and easy listening of the 70s and early 80s. The production on 'Tupperware Party' and 'Precious Feelings' lean towards pastiche, Bleach describes wanting to "paint a vivid picture of the stories told in the lyrics." 'Tupperware Party' features big 80s drums and guitar solos in accordance with a the songs story set in 1985, 'Precious Feelings' features Bossa-nova rhythms and smooth Rhodes, as if on a cruise ship with the narrator.

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released October 6, 2022

All songs written entirely by Ellie Bleach
Recorded, mixed and engineered by Dave Mountain
Mastered by Tom Nixon

Keys and vocals by Ellie Bleach
Strings performed and arranged by Danyal Dhondy
Guitar by Harry Stanworth
Drums by Yuri Shibuichi, except 'Big Strong Man' with drums by Harry Stanworth
Bass by Tim Curtis.

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