Lucy Rose releases two standalone singles "Question It All" and "White Car"

Both tracks are Lucy Rose's first since last year's No Words Left album. She explains, "I recorded both "Question It All" and "White Car" at the end of 2019, thinking that maybe they could come out around the time of my London show at The Barbican in December."

Rose adds, "But at the time something didn’t feel quite right about releasing them. I was still very much in the No Words Left mindset and I worried that because the songs lyrically didn’t spell out exactly how I was feeling; they were more vague, almost disguising my feelings, that meant they weren’t good. I was in an intense period of time musically singing the songs from the last album that sort of punched me in the stomach when I heard and played them and these two songs didn’t make me feel the same."

She goes on to explain the pandemic made her view the songs in a new light, "It was only while in lockdown that I revisited these two new songs and I heard them in a completely different way. The fact that they weren’t so on the nose lyrically, the abstract quality of the music really helped me escape my own thoughts and I enjoyed them as pieces of music. I felt connected to them musically and lyrically, it’s almost like a whole different meaning came to life. Also during this uncertain and worrying time, I’ve often wondered if there is anything I can do to help. With my own worries and wobbles I didn’t feel up to do a live stream or putting myself out into the world too much, it would be an added stress but I thought maybe these two songs would maybe help someone out there."

On the instrumentation, Rose says, "The big difference musically from what I’ve last done is that the drums are back! And for the first time ever I’ve been brave enough play them myself which was a lot of fun."

Both of the new tracks are Rose's first since launching her new label Real Kind Records in January.