Aphrose [2023] - Roses [LRK Records #LRK-LP04] (Full Album)

Released digitally today on all platforms, also available on CD and vinyl via Bandcamp, is the sophomore album "Roses" from Toronto's Aphrose.

We've had three singles from it already in the shape of "Good Love", "YaYa" and the title track "Roses", however, "YaYa" is an extended version for the album.

There are twelve tracks with two interludes and three singles, leaving seven new songs to get familiar with. The first new song "In The Time Of Sorrow", whilst marked explicit, we couldn't detect anything too untoward in the lyrics so radio jocks should not be deterred from programming it as it is one of our choice cuts. It's followed by another cracker "Honey (Don't Come Back". We then get a couple of ballads with "What You Don't See" (which leans towards country) followed by "Weapons".

The more uptempo "Soft Nuclear" explores neo soul territory, with the short and sweet "Higher" also being a mellow and breezy neo soul number. The album closes with an ethereal ballad titled "ZAG".

All in all it's a solid set of contemporary music with our choice cuts from the new material being  "In The Time Of Sorrow" and "Honey (Don't Come Back".

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Click icons below for further information or to connect with the artist. 

Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	Y Track 4
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	LRK Records
Cat No:	LRK-LP04
Date:	12/10/2023
Price:	£7.49 / £8 / £18

Copyright © 2009-2023 SoulStrutter All Rights Reserved

Aphrose [2023] - Roses [LRK Records] (Music Video)

The title tracks from Aphrose 's upcoming sophomer album "Roses" was released on 25 Aug. On Thursday a music video for it was published.

It's the third song from the album following "Ya Ya" (7 Jul) and "Good Love" (19 May).

The song was written by Aphrose with her long time musical collaborator, Scott McCannell (SafeSpaceShip) and guitarist Heather Crawford). It is dedicated to her grandmother, Rose, who has influenced her most and from whom she takes her artist name. It pays homage to her grandmother's remarkable resilience and strength escaping an abusive relationship and emigrating with her children from Trinidad and Tobago to Canada and raising them as a single parent.

It's a delicate, poignant, heartfelt, ethereal and emotional ballad which Aphrose states:

"holds immense significance in my heart, serving as a poignant tribute and a heartfelt love letter to my beloved late grandmother, Rose. A beacon of unyielding strength, she has been my guiding light since childhood, alongside my mother and aunts, who collectively serve as my source of inspiration."

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Click icons below for further information or to connect with the artist. 

Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	LRK Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	25/08/2023
Key/BPM:	8B/71
Price:	£1

Copyright © 2009-2023 SoulStrutter All Rights Reserved

Aphrose [2023] - Roses [LRK Records #LRK-LP04] (Album Promo)

Announced today by LRK Records is the forthcoming release of the sophomore album by Toronto's Aphrose titled "Roses".

The album is available to pre-order via Bandcamp for release digitally, on CD and vinyl on 12 Oct. The three singles "Good Love", "YaYa" and the album title track "Roses" will be on the album and are available digitally now.

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Click icons below for further information or to connect with the artist. 

Details

Rating:	TBC
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	LRK Records
Cat No:	LRK-LP04
Date:	12/10/2023
Price:	£10 / £8 / £18

Copyright © 2009-2023 SoulStrutter All Rights Reserved

Aphrose [2023] - Roses [LRK Records]

The new single from Toronto's Aphrose (Joanna Mohammed) is "Roses" is out today (25 Aug). It follows "Ya Ya" (7 Jul) and "Good Love" (19 May) and is the title track of her sophomore album due on LRK Records later this year.

The song was written by Aphrose with her long time musical collaborator, Scott McCannell (SafeSpaceShip) and guitarist Heather Crawford). It is dedicated to her grandmother, Rose, who has influenced her most and from whom she takes her artist name. It pays homage to her grandmother's remarkable resilience and strength escaping an abusive relationship and emigrating with her children from Trinidad and Tobago to Canada and raising them as a single parent.

It's a delicate, poignant, heartfelt, ethereal and emotional ballad which Aphrose states:

"holds immense significance in my heart, serving as a poignant tribute and a heartfelt love letter to my beloved late grandmother, Rose. A beacon of unyielding strength, she has been my guiding light since childhood, alongside my mother and aunts, who collectively serve as my source of inspiration."

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Click icons below for further information or to connect with the artist. 

Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	LRK Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	25/08/2023
Key/BPM:	8B/71
Price:	£1

Copyright © 2009-2023 SoulStrutter All Rights Reserved