Lucy Rose by Josh Shinner
Lucy Rose will play a one-off show at Ronnie Scott’s on January 9th.
Lucy Rose has returned with her first piece of new music since 2019’s fourth studio album No Words Left.
Could You Help Me is an instant illustration of what’s been happening during that time away, and lyrically points to significant change too.
“After having my son Otis, I started to suffer from severe backpain that made living my day-to-day life almost impossible,” Rose has said.
I sought medical help but was dismissed repeatedly. I put those emotions and exasperation into ‘Could You Help Me’. Although my back prevented me from being able to pick up a guitar, I was able to sit at the piano and play for a few minutes at a time. With Otis patiently listening, I think the music really helped lift me.
“I’d been listening to a lot of different music; Errol Garner, Duke Ellington, Kiefer, Debussy, Little Simz, and finding myself drawn so much more to writing at a piano.”
