Ellur

“A sublime, swooning vocal you can almost wallow in" The Line Of Best Fit

Halifax-based indie sensation Ellur shares captivating new effort ‘Satellites’, out today (January 16th) via cult indie label Dance To The Radio (Far Caspian, Low Hummer, Youth Sector).

Marking the follow-up to widely praised 2023 singles ‘The Woman’, ‘Free’ and ‘Anywhere’ (co-written with Circa Waves’ Kieran Shudall), ‘Satellites’ is yet further evidence of Ellur’s raw and mature songwriting approach, delving deeper into her own personal experiences and extracting a ballad-like anthem of the highest quality, capped off with the dreamy addition of a live string quartet.

With press support from several key indie press titans (NME, The Line Of Best Fit, Dork, Clash, CMU) continuing to gather pace, in addition to countless BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders, Gemma Bradley, Jess Iszatt, Mollie King) and BBC 6 Music (Chris Hawkins, Tom Robinson) spins, the indie riser is certainly building strong momentum across the board. Whilst on the live front, autumn UK tour supports alongside Brooke Combe and Pigeon Detectives have significantly increased her profile, with further dates with both acts lined up next month, ahead of what promises to be an extensive festival run this summer with several slots already locked in.

Speaking ahead of her first 2024 release, Ellur explained: “In my life I’ve witnessed the disintegration of relationships that seemed so full of love. ‘Satellites’ is a song about that. When approaching the writing with Dan (Bryer), I told him I wanted to write a song that felt timeless both in lyrics and melody. Inspired by Joni Mitchell’s ‘Both Sides Now’ and seeing her perform it with just an acoustic guitar at roughly my age at Isle of Wight in 1970, and then decades later with a full orchestra and have it convey a totally different emotional landscape to the original performance. In a bit of a pretentious way, I wanted the same song for myself and I really love what we created. Tim Malkin (producer) then wrote a string arrangement for the track and I loved how the strings really guided and tied up all the emotional nuance that we’d intentionally left so open-ended in the writing. It’s a really beautiful song that I’m really, really proud of. I loved working with the people who I’ve worked with on it. I hope one day I can perform it with a full orchestra myself. That would be the dream."

Ellur’s ‘Satellites’ is out now via Dance To The Radio and available on all digital platforms.