Description

Over three studio albums and nearly a decade, Wirral-born Louisa Roach has built She Drew The Gun into a project that fully lives up to its incendiary name. Her 2016 debut Memories of Another Future was swiftly followed by a crowning as Glastonbury Festivals Emerging Talent Competition winner; follow-up Revolution of Mind was named one of BBC 6 Musics Albums of the Year, while 2021s Behave Myself saw Clash praising the record as some of her most finessed and contoured songwriting to date. Having firmly carved out her niche of rousing, laser-sharp social commentary, its a side to Roachs songwriting that will never leave her (not in this political climate at least). But sometimes, life sends you to a place where you have to finally turn your eye on yourself, and its with this in mind that She Drew The Gun presents fourth album Howl, out via Submarine Cat Records.

Recorded alongside producer Ash Workman (Christine & The Queens, Metronomy) who helped bring the tracks pop side to life during sessions at his Margate studio, Louisa Roach also worked with her son Cole on Howls demos: the beginning of a familial working relationship that theyve already shaken hands on to continue. Its a heartwarming note in an album story thats been far from plain sailing. Roach doesnt claim to be healed (if such a thing exists), but as she prepares to release She Drew The Guns impressively vulnerable fourth, shes somewhere along the journey with a document that shows just how far shes come.

Tracklist:

A1. Howl
A2. Mirrors
A3. Became
A4. Shine On
A5. Rise

B1. Washed In Blue
B2. Nothing Lasts
B3. Whats The Matter
B4. Conjuring
B5. Ritual
B6. Out