Rosie Frater-Taylor Releases New Single Heartbeat
14th December 2023British singer and virtuoso guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor has announced ‘Heartbeat’, the latest single to be taken from her anticipated forthcoming studio album Featherweight, due for release on Cooking Vinyl on February 9th 2024 (available for pre-order HERE). A cathartic and emotional alt pop-rock tune, Heartbeat explores feelings of anxiety and insecurity and is out now.
Rosie Frater Taylor:
“Heartbeat was born at the guitar, harking back to some of my longer-term muses: Joni, Rickie Lee Jones, James Taylor, Joan Armatrading. The neo-soul temperament of the drums and bass creates the generational link for me, the ‘modern-day’ Joni Mitchell vibes I’m going for and inclusion of some of my other R&B/soul influences like Lewis Taylor, John Mayer, Emily King, Jamie Woon.
The harmonic palette was different for this track. I’m a long-term fan of the John Mayer live album ‘where the light is’, some of the best trio vibes going – he does a very courageous solo version of ‘Neon’ from his debut album ‘Room For Squares’ (banger) tuning the low E string to drop C. Heartbeat does the same and the chords you get from doing that are so so crazy. I seek out chords that tug at the heartstrings and often already have a melody contained within them that inspires the vocal(s), right-hand picking pattern, arrangement, additional guitar layers and so on.”
Heartbeat is the third track to be released from Frater-Taylor’s forthcoming album Featherweight, the follow-up to 2021’s Bloom, which garnered in excess of 3 million streams. Featherweight marks a stylistic shift and presents a unique style that showcases the 24-year-old’s ability to intertwine hard-hitting lyrical ideas with glistening melodies, consummate guitar playing and unpredictable textural contrasts.
2024 UK HEADLINE TOUR
Feb 8 – London, Rough Trade West (unplugged performance + signing)
Feb 9 – Bristol, Louisiana
Feb 13 – Leeds, Book Club
Feb 15 – Glasgow, Rum Shack
Feb 16 – Manchester, Deaf Institute
Feb 17 – London, Omeara
Featherweight will be available on CD, limited edition gold vinyl, black vinyl and via all digital platforms from February 9th 2024.
Tickets for Rosie’s UK Headline tour are on sale now and available at www.rosiefratertaylor.com/shows
