Early praise for Ellis:
“Under the name Ellis, Ontario-based songwriter Linnea Siggelkow records warm and brooding bedroom pop. The new single, "Something Blue" is an atmospheric and wandering slow-core ballad you can get lost in.” - NPR Music’s All Songs Considered
“‘The Drain’ is the sort of song you could imagine being just as captivating when blown up with an orchestra or stripped down to acoustic guitar—the rare track that manages to feel both triumphant and achingly intimate.” - Pitchfork
“hazy dream-pop” - The New York Times
“her long-anticipated debut album, Born Again, [is] a project of immense emotional vulnerability” - The FADER
“[The Fuzz is] a breathtakingly beautiful collection of alternative rock-inflected shoegaze songs that offer a window into some of her most intimate moments...A minor shift can be heard in the guitars and synths [on ‘Something Blue’], which contain glimpses of Berlin-era Bowie and Brooklyn indie. Her voice too, is less fragile, with more open space to sound off between the reverb and distortion. Some of the catharsis that defined The Fuzz has also been stripped away, allowing droplets of dream-pop to enter the mix.” - i-D
"...hazy, confessional bedroom pop" - NYLON
"Ellis’ lovely, ethereal, ghostly vocals float over her similarly styled, heavily reverbed guitar and piano songs, underpinned by minimalist, throbbing bass and drums...These troubled dispositions are infused into generally languorous, diaphanous, yearning indie rock similar to the more restrained sounds of The Church and Siouxsie and the Banshees with strains of Lana Del Rey.” - American Songwriter
“[One of] a new generation of guitar-centric bands who quickly proved themselves to be exciting songwriters...a swooning, hazy piece of music, capturing the lure of those early relationship stages.” - Stereogum
“Don’t let the brevity fool you, Linnea Siggelkow doesn’t need much time to pack emotional depth and formidable insight into her deft, brilliant songwriting...even more direct, imagist lyrics that glimmers above the record’s starry sound, constantly keeping the listener present in the moment." - Uproxx
“[‘Fall Apart’ is a ]dreamy, poignant meditation on her own experience with anxiety" - Gorilla vs. Bear
Ellis - Hamilton, Ontario’s Linnea Siggelkow - releases her stunning debut album Born Again today. Born Again arrives as the follow-up to Ellis’s debut EP The Fuzz—a self-released, self-produced, viscerally charged dream-pop effort that promptly led to a deal with Fat Possum Records. Produced by Jake Aron (Snail Mail, Solange, Grizzly Bear) and recorded partly at Aron’s Brooklyn studio, the album unfolds with a mesmerizing subtlety, gracefully spotlighting Ellis’s unhurried melodies, starkly confessional lyrics, and luminous vocal work. Not only does this record and its production showcase Ellis’ incredible growth as a songwriter, but it also explores more complex and honest themes than her earlier work. “I grew up Christian and was quite devoted to faith up through my late teens, but I started challenging that once I got to university,” says Siggelkow, the daughter of a traveling book salesman and a piano teacher. “Since then I’ve been trying to redefine who I am and where I stand and what I think about these things on my own, and that journey very much played into the songwriting on this record.” Purchase, stream or download Born Again now HERE.
LISTEN/WATCH:
Tracklisting
1. Pringle Creek
2. Born Again
3. Shame
4. Embarrassing
5. March 13
6. Fall Apart
7. Happy
8. Into the Trees
9. Saturn Return
10. Zhuangzi’s Dream
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photo credit: Kate Rentz
