Stellular
Since leaving the Pipettes, Rose Elinor Dougal has quietly released an impressive trove of lovelorn pop music. Stellular is wry, frosty and swooning by turns, romantic but hesitant.
Across Stellular’s twelve tracks we're presented with a strident procession of indie pop that demands attention.
Rose Elinor Dougall's second record under her own name should help erase all the modifiers added to her name.
Stellular, the sophomore album by former Pipettes singer and Mark Ronson-collaborator Rose Elinor Dougall, comes a full seven years after her solo debut, Without Why.
Former member of The Pipettes has made a dark indie pop record about the generational challenges of wage stagnation, the housing crisis and Brexit.
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