Ollella - Head in the Clouds
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Ollella - "Head in the Clouds" from the 2023 self-released album Back Back Back
\\nSeattle musician Ellie Barber has trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine. She integrates these studies into her project\\xa0Ollella (pronounced\\xa0oh-lel-uh), crafting a jazzy, folktronica style that calls to mind Beth Orton.\\xa0
\\n\\u201cAs someone who grew up playing classical cello but listening to indie music, I\\u2019ve spent a lot of time thinking about what direction I want to take my music as a new solo artist," she tells Glide Magazine. "I wrote \'Head in the Clouds\' during a particularly exploratory period, playing with different effects on my loop pedal and not attaching judgment to what came out. The bones of this song immediately felt so genuine to the type of sound that I was seeking \\u2013 so much so that I left it untouched for six months because I was afraid I would ruin it.\\u201d\\xa0
\\n\\u201cThe verses speak to my own pivot towards music: how I kept feeling unsettled where I was in life because I wasn\\u2019t following the little voice in my gut to pursue full-time artistry,\\u201d she continues in a press release.
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