Around Here is the new single from Auckland, New Zealand musician Asch-Rose. Having toured consistently, she has built up a significant fan base and has performed more than 250 dates in New Zealand. The sound Asch-Rose creates recalls Warpaint - there is a density to the sound that really hits me.
Around Here opens with a guilty walk and a steely-eyed stare that inspires a sense of foreboding. Asch-Rose’s vocal performance exudes siren-like qualities, drawing me in despite the apparent danger.
With bluesy guitar and hushed drums, things start slowly, but over time the quiet gives way to organ and layered instrumentation. It feels deeply atmospheric, a sound that winds around the listener to create a disorientating wall of sound.
Describing the song as being a record of heartbreak, Asch-Rose says:
“A broken heart... obviously something gets stuck in you and breeds like wild fire. I felt compelled to sit and self-loath, while at the same time productively record it. That’s where Around Here was written. I craved that and I stayed in that for a while, there, I wrote this music. These string of songs have been influenced by that state of self-study and self-pity. That state of heartbreak and desperate search to void-fill creates beautiful things.”
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