Rozi Plain has shared a lyric video for her new single ‘Symmetrical’, also our Song of the Day, which is taken from ‘What a Boost’, her forthcoming album on her new label Memphis Industries (5th April).
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Refined during a year spent touring the world playing bass in This Is The Kit, ‘What A Boost’ nurtures its homely roots and then blooms into a record that isn’t strictly about life on the road but is undoubtedly, and beautifully, shaped by it. Textural, repetitive, propulsive, the whole piece plays out like a soundtrack to the world flying by; “I feel like you do a lot of looking back, looking forward, looking at your life, and looking out of the window.” Rozi reveals.
‘What A Boost’ is also the product of the singular spaces within which it was created. First, there was the Old Dentist’s Studio around the corner from Rozi’s home in Clapton, an RAF base in Suffolk and a day off in L.A recording with Chris Cohen. A week of one-off collaborative performances arranged by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner of The National opened the songs up in Berlin. Then back in London, the album really came together at The Total Refreshment Centre, a somewhat legendary fixture in the flourishing London jazz scene. Rozi’s previous album, Friend, was the first to be recorded there. “Since then the TRC became part of my life. A great community of artists and musicians getting stuff done, making proactive moves,” enthuses Plain.
Naturally, she returned there again for ‘What A Boost’ and, along with co-producer Jamie Whitby Coles, enlisted a number of collaborators Sam Amidon, Rachel Horwood (Bas Jan, Trash Kit), Joel Wästberg a.k.a. sir Was, Raphael Desmarets, Yoshino Shigihara (Zun Zun Egui, Yama Warashi) and Dan Leavers from The Comet Is Coming. The album was subsequently mixed by Ash Workman (Metronomy, Christine and the Queens) at his Electric Beach studio. Suitably then, the record is imbued throughout with a sense of freeform adventuring, small seeds that grow into something far greater thanks to repetitive jazz-like patterns of the guitars, and gently shifting tempos that rise and fall and rise again, crafting a record that is both colourful and complex, first shot Symmetrical sets a perfect tone.
You can catch Rozi and her band boosting around the UK on these dates below:
Rozi Plain Tour Dates
17th Jan 2019, London, The Old Dentist (SOLD OUT)
18th Jan 2019, York, The Fulford Arms
19th Jan 2019, Glasgow, The Glad Café – Celtic Connections
27th Jan 2019, Southampton, The Joiners Arms with This is The Kit* (SOLD OUT)
28th Jan 2019, Ipswich, The Smokehouse with This is The Kit* (SOLD OUT)
29th Jan 2019, Brighton, Green Door Store with This is The Kit* (SOLD OUT)
31st Jan 2019, Kingston Upon Hull, The New Adelphi
1st Feb 2019, Clitheroe, The Grand – Cloudspotting Festival Launch
2nd Feb 2019, Morecambe, More Music
3rd Feb 2019, Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
15th Feb 2019, Gateshead, MAPS Festival
24th April 2019, Brighton, Hope and Ruin
25th April 2019, Bristol, Southbank Club
26th April 2019, Northampton, The Lab
27th April 2019, Reading, Are You Listening Festival
28th April 2019, Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
2nd May 2019, Manchester, YES
3rd May 2019, Glasgow, Blue Arrow
5th May 2019, Leicester, Handmade Festival
6th May 2019, Bath, Komedia
7th May 2019, London, Oslo Hackney
w/ This Is The Kit*