The track showcases the captivating balladry that the artist is capable of
Yorkshire indie songwriter Ellur is an artist who has spent the last few years establishing herself as a rising star in UK music, crafting engrossing and powerful tracks that range from indie pop bangers to thoughtful and articulate moments of poignant balladry.
The artist’s latest single ‘Satellites’ is one that sits firmly in the latter category, a gorgeously poised and arranged track that explores the disintegration of relationships that the artist has witnessed from a young age. The devastating weight of the narrative and the emotion that is etched into Ellur’s vocals makes for a captivating listen that stops you in your tracks, packed full of charm and composure and showcasing an all-encompassing and mesmerising side to the artist. ‘Satellites’ is a track that will grip you from the start and never let go until it ends, an incredible piece of artistry that continues to carve out Ellur’s path as a fiercely exciting artist.
“In my life I’ve witnessed the disintegration of relationships that seemed so full of love. Satellites is a song about that.” Ellur says of the new single. “When approaching the writing with Dan, I told him I wanted to write a song that felt timeless both in lyrics and melody. Inspired by Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now and seeing her perform it with just an acoustic guitar at roughly my age at Isle of Wight in 1970 and then decades later with a full orchestra and have it convey a totally different emotional landscape to the original performance. In a bit of a pretentious way, I wanted the same song for myself and I really love what we created. Tim Malkin then wrote a string arrangement for the track and I loved how the strings really guided and tied up all the emotional nuance that we’d intentionally left so open ended in the writing. It’s a really beautiful song, that I’m really really proud of. I loved working with the people who I’ve worked with on it. I hope one day I can perform it with a full orchestra myself. That would be the dream.“
