Lucy Rose

Lucy Rose, full name Lucy Rose Parton, is from Warwickshire, England. She started out playing drums, but became dissatisfied and turned to pursue a singing career. In 2008, she met and became close to Bombay Bicycle Club frontman Jack Steadman and performed for their acoustic album Flaws in 2010. She also began collecting her own musical thoughts and attempted to gather other band members, such as former Razorlight guitarist Björn Ågren,  and continued to tour throughout 2010. In 2012 she signed to Columbia Records and released her debut album Like I Used To. She and her bandmates recorded the album in her family's nuclear bunker in the basement, and the local billage hall. The full-length release featured many of her songs she played on tour, such as "Night Bus", and "First". 

This girl's voice is one I aspire to become similar to. Her voice is so sweet, but not necesarrily innocent. Her songs are very stripped down, using mild guitar and ochestra, with emphasis on rhythm and drums, which probably comes from her involvement in drums in the past. A prime example of her extraordinary sense of rhythm is her song from her debut album, "Lines". The tempo changes probably twenty times in the song itself. There's the intro, then it abruptly shifts into the first verse, and then again into the chorus, and another totally different tempo for the bridge. The amazing part is that it's almost a trick question of sorts. Her voices carries the exact sames beats over the entire song. Each note is worth the same amount of beats the entire time. The catch: her drumming and her guitar changes. It's really interesting to listen to; that's what drew me in the first time I heard the song. Parton's amazing ear for technicalities really adds to her music. 

Check out her website: http://www.lucyrosemusic.com
Listen to/watch her music: http://www.lucyrosemusic.com/video/detail/shiver/