Undress & Dive After, by Martha Rose

Undress & Dive After

by Martha Rose

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1.	Taller Trees 03:12	buy track
2.	Coffee Love 03:49	buy track
3.	Keep A Part 03:43	buy track
4.	Signs 04:28	buy track
5.	Unreal 05:05	buy track
6.	Give It To You (feat.Balayage) 03:28	buy track
7.	The Infanta 03:43	buy track
8.	Iron Age Daydream 06:04	buy track
9.	I'd Like To Meet You 04:42	buy track

about

The title ‘Undress & Dive After’ comes from the lyrics of an old English folk song called “Hares on the Mountain.” It represents situations piled up upon each other, with new metaphors expressing the same thing again and again - the hopeless desire of women to pursure the men they are interested in.
“If all you young men were fish in the water, how many young girls would undress and dive after?’
This album title informed the recording and writing process of ‘Undress & Dive After’ from the start. Martha Rose’s lyrics consistently follow through the threads of the heart, the intertwining of desire and loss, and evoke a medieval valour in the pursuit of true love. There is always a scent of the unattainable crush - “I’m such a liar, but it’s just cos I love ya” - permeating her work.
Martha Rose puts herself into vulnerable positions, exploring both the cruelty and the sweetness that experience evokes. Her songwriting process is opened up to collaboration, with sounds heavily influenced by Miami Nice’s collection of synths, Dandy Deniz’s charming lead guitars and keys, and Garagenuwe’s irresistible groove via Balayage.

‘Undress & Dive After’ is an invitation to dive deep into Martha Rose’s poetic and emotional world, with all it’s sources of inspiration - a warm wash of casio sounds and visual cues embedded in mystical lyricism. Cotton and water, it is a sonic vision of a medieval forest, and an 80s village hall disco. It asks the listener to engage with different kinds of love, and to fiercely keep hold of joy.

Track by Track concise:

There are odes dedicated to the creative vision of a beloved school friend (‘Keep a Part’), simple acts of kindness in moments of sadness (‘Coffee Love’), and the letters of her grandfather, which expressed a whole world he rarely entered into in speech (‘Signs’, dedicated to all grandparents).
In ‘Iron Age Daydream’ we see a metaphysical expansion of her emotional universe into a fusion of visions and thoughts. ‘Fine to be alone, naked underneath my clothes’, Rose laconically explores and links up themes of awkward holiday plans, infuriating day jobs, the taste of blood in wounds that don’t hurt anymore, the imagined memory of ancient civilisations, jars of unborn embryos in the natural history museum, the fantastical worlds of E.T.A Hoffman and Georges Bataille. It ends back where it started, with rolling, foaming milk, conjuring daydreams and burning seas.
‘The Infanta’ puts the listener into the eyes of the dwarf in a short story by Oscar Wilde, who is struck dead by his naive love for a cruel princess. The dwarf’s inoccent perception of himself as a beautiful dancer in nature is ruined by the process of looking in the mirror. He loses his natural joy, and sees how society views him. This brutal acknowledgement is too much for his innocent soul.

BIO:

Martha Rose is a Berlin based musician, born in Camberwell. She learnt violin as a child, and studied English and German literature. She began writing songs after she was given a guitar wrapped up in newspaper by her first ex-boyfriend. She has since gained a cult following in the Indie/DIY scenes in both the UK and Berlin, working extensively with other musicians as a multi-instrumentalist, and gathering her own songs and experience.
She has supported Kevin Morby, Ilgen-Nur, Joan as Policewoman, Julien Baker, and Die Nerven, and has performed and recorded with Berlin favourites Fenster, Magic Island, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, John Moods, Sally Dige, Stella Sommer, Grip Tight, Dandy Deniz, JFR Moon, the Neukölln Country Club, and Richie Setford. UK friends and collaborators include Fear of Men, Marcus Hamblett, Emma Gatrill, and Kristin Mc Clement of Brighton’s Wilkommen Collective.

Her first album ‘Spit’ was released on vinyl in 2016 by Stuttgart Indie label Treibender Teppich Records, followed by the ‘Affliction’ EP recorded with Ben & Magnus (Neukölln Country Club).

credits

released July 31, 2020

Written & Composed by Martha Rose
Mixed & Produced at Miami Nice Studios (Berlin) by Garagen Uwe, Sebastian Gieck & Thomas Zehnle
Mastered by Enyang Ubricks
Released by Martin Hossbach & Treibender Teppich

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discography

Between Planets

Dec 2023
1

Nov 2023
In A Bubble

Oct 2023
Time Stops

Oct 2023
Mirrors Of The Cosmic Cinema

Nov 2022
Stream Of Forms

Oct 2022
Died For Love

Jul 2021
The Mirror

Mar 2021
Remote

Jan 2021
I'm Trying To Catch Up With You

Dec 2020
Erdenmenschen, weggetreten

Oct 2020
L'Amour De L'Escargot (feat. Vitiko Schell)

Oct 2020
Meeting Is A Pleasure

Sep 2020
A Bigger Love Than Mine

Aug 2020
U Who Dare

Aug 2020
Undress & Dive After

Jul 2020
Iron Age Daydream

Jul 2020
Give It to You

Jul 2020
Keep A Part

Jun 2020
Coffee Love

Apr 2020
Gelée Royale

Dec 2019
Sweaty But I Love It / Warum Können Wir Nicht Zusammen Leben

Oct 2019
Urban Dangerous

Sep 2019
Easy Care + Softener

Mar 2019
The Stars My Destination

Jan 2019
Fatimema

Sep 2018
Paul Abbrecht's Album

Jun 2018
Affliction

Dec 2017
Ich und meine 1000 Freunde

Nov 2017
Moony

Jun 2017
Kein Punkt wird mehr fixiert

Mar 2017
Spit

Nov 2016
A Story of Sahel Sounds

Oct 2016
Senseless Presence

Aug 2016
Glomb

Jul 2016

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