Alt-pop riser Clara Pople has shared her EP ‘It’s The Girl’.
A graduate of BIMM in Manchester, Clara Pople blends expert technical skills with an urge to connect with her audience. Layering her vocals to create striking effects, she blends soulful aspects with some crystalline synth-pop moments.
Worth aligning alongside the likes of London Grammar, she’s continually challenging herself. A flurry of singles have led to her debut EP, with ‘It’s The Girl’ on DSPs now.
A deft four-tracker, each song seems to come from the heart. Clara comments…
“These songs are just a musical concoction of emotions that I’ve harboured over the years. There’s always a female protagonist… which I guess is me. ‘There’s also always some sort of feeling of loss, or being chased, which I guess reflects what it is to be in your early twenties.’ And there is always, always a sense of empowerment within the music – which I suppose is where I find my solace.”
Focus single ‘Balance’ is terrific, a dose of pop energy that is ambitious in scope. If the feelings appear to be extreme, then that’s because it came from a hugely raw period in her life –
“‘Balance’ holds a special place in my heart. It’s about that feeling of being completely overwhelmed by life. I wrote it at the end of 2022, the past couple of years had been riddled with death and I wanted to try and translate an idea about not only the grief, but also the overwhelmingness of life sometimes… Like I am completely overwhelmed and on the edge of a mental breakdown but I’m absolutely vibing to this melody and beat and I’m singing with such venom that I am empowering myself to keep moving…”
Meriweather Lewis shoots the video, with appearances from students at Screenology Film School in Bristol. Check out the clip below.