Band To Watch: Blue Roses

Not to be confused with Dan Bejar's pet project, Blue Roses is the performing name of Yorkshire singer-songwriter Laura Groves. Back home, she's landed at the fertile NME/BBC/Guardian intersect of critical kudos, but things States side are set to launch with the XL release of her self-titled, self-produced debut next month. Blue Roses cites an alliterative gaggle of influences on her introspective, heart-worn folk -- "Bartók to Bush, Tiersen to Tears For Fears, Debussy to Du Maurier" -- to wh...

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