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For her latest single, Esther Rose brought in her friend Alyndra Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff for vocals. "Safe to Run" is a gorgeous and stripped down folk song that borders on the pop side of things, at least until some killer slide guitar adds some fantastic twang. As gorgeous as the song is, there is a growing sense of dread that builds and builds as the song goes on. It's just the slightest sense of noise, and a slight change to the guitar, but it's unquestionably there. Since the song is about the dread of climate change, this slowly growing dark vibe makes perfect sense and adds to the brilliance of the song. Esther Rose says of the new song: "Sonically, Ross and I threw every idea we had on this song and it absorbed everything as if it were just this mega-powerful container. We built so many layers into the outro. I love Ross’s counter-melody on the Mellotron and the high-pitched 1-note synth drone which he refers to as ‘the angels.’ Nick Cohon, of...

Photo by Bradon Soder Esther Rose grew up in Michigan, moved to New Orleans, and then relocated to New Mexico where she wrote her upcoming album. Her new single, "Chet Baker," is this light and breezy country song that leans into pop but never quite becomes pop country. It has all the twang you require with a country song, but it's more upbeat and sunny than you normally get with this kind of twang. There are also the traces of psychedelia that pop out every so often, giving the track a bit of a pop cosmic country sound... if that sound is even possible. "Chet Baker" has one of the more interesting blends of genres we've heard in a long time while still sounding cohesive. In a press release, Esther Rose says of her new song: “Someone sent me a DM, asking ‘do you remember me.’ I was transported into a decade-old memory; a weird weekend with a crew of dangerous college preps, a car crash. What came out is this short study of my townie life in Ann Arbor. As I w...