Filed under: feature, words in edgeways | Tags: 2008, interview, music, rose elinor dougall, the pipettes
words in edgeways with rose elinor dougall
Having departed from retro pop girl-group and former Wears The Trousers cover stars The Pipettes, Rose Elinor Dougall has shed her ‘Rosay’ alter ego and is forging ahead with another version of pop that’s all her own vision. Her beloved Casiotone keyboard and that plum pudding-rich, very English voice are all that’s recognisable from previous endeavours. In contrast to her early, sparse Myspace demos, Rose’s debut solo single ‘Another Version Of Pop Song’ is a brilliantly realised embrace of dizzying keyboards and the ontological questioning of a born dreamer, with a healthy dose of handclaps of course. Whereas the twentysomething Pipettes would shamelessly revel in reliving school-age liaisons and dancefloor dalliances with local heartthrobs (and why not?), ‘Another Version’ feels that bit more mature in its execution and dealings with romance. The limited edition 7″, available from December, will add a touch of class to any music lover’s (oversized) Christmas stocking. Rose talked to Wears The Trousers about her new, polka dot-free artistic adventures, her formative past and hopes for the future.
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