With the ups and downs of life, poppy indie rock also climbs over the octaves.
On her debut album PREMONITIONS, Miya Folick liked to feel safe in the poetic lyrics. Lyrics in which you can elegantly conceal your own insecurities and fears in foggy lines. With ROACH, things get uncomfortably direct. Folick has pulled the ripcord: Coming through a tough breakup, quitting drugs and slowing down the chaotic pace of life in LA.
Consequently, there are intimate admissions of personal failures in the songwriting: not quite sober but very desperate early morning calls, nervous breakdowns on the bathroom tiles and dating partners who profess their love but can’t even pronounce Folick’s name correctly. Parallel to the ups and downs, Folick’s vocals also climb over impressive octaves. “People always want to know if you’re an indie girl now or a pop girl,” she explains.
Instead of clear answers, Folick prefers to provide a range of influences on ROACH. From the cathartic indie rock anthem “Get Out Of My House”, to the melancholy guitar ballad “2007”, the electronic hits on “Drugs Or People” or the synth dance-pop on “So Clear”. ROACH stands for distancing yourself from rampant excess and unhealthy relationships. And so in the closing song, Folick not only returns to her folk roots, but also to insight: “I can’t have it all / And I wouldn’t want to.”