Linnea Siggelkow – HighClouds

Ellis opens a new chapter of her life with “saturn return” video

Arnaud Marty — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:24:28 +0000

Ontario’s singer-songwriter Linnea Siggelkow, better known as Ellis, is readying the release of her debut album, born again, which was produced by Jake Aron (Snail Mail, Solange, Grizzly Bear). “I grew up Christian and was quite devoted to faith up through my late teens, but I started challenging that once I got to university,” she stated. “Since then I’ve been trying to redefine who I am and where I stand and what I think about these things on my own, and that journey very much played into the songwriting on this record.”

Following up to the previously released singles “Fall Apart,” “Embarrassing,” and “March 13,” Ellis has just unveiled another song from the 10-track project. Announcing a new personal cycle, “saturn return” combines dreamy arrangements and redemptive lyrics. “Saturn Return is an astrological term for the time in your life where Saturn literally returns to the same place in it’s orbit that it was the moment you were born,” she detailed. “The first one happens in your late twenties, and it’s a time of radical transformation. I am in mine now and have been feeling it big time! I wrote this record while reflecting on all the ways my life is changing, reconciling things from the past and making space to move forward.” The track comes with a Michael Pugacewicz-directed video in which the Canadian artist faces her young self and closes this chapter like if she was… born again.

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Ellis unveils hauntingly beautiful visuals for “Something Blue”

Arnaud Marty — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:29:35 +0000

Ellis‘ single “Something Blue” is out via Fat Possum Records.

Ontario’s singer-songwriter Linnea Siggelkow, better known as Ellis, have unveiled a video for her dreamy, forlorn single “Something Blue”. The hauntingly beautiful visuals were directed by Toronto’s artist Justin Singer. About the track, Ellis explained to i-D where the video was premiered:

[su_quote]It’s a nostalgic song written in reflection of the first time I met somebody really significant in my life, thinking about all the things that went wrong after that first meeting. Sometimes I think back on things that should or could have happened differently. We [also] got a bit more experimental — there’s horns in it — trumpet and saxophone played by my friends Aaron and Connor. They’re pretty subtle, but they’re in there.[/su_quote]

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Ellis shot a video on a full moon night for “The Drain”

Arnaud Marty — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:34:24 +0000

**“The Drain” is taken from Ellis‘ self-released debut EP “The Fuzz” due out November 9.**

Back in July, Ontario singer-songwriter Linnea Siggelkow, better known as Ellis, announced the release of her debut EP “The Fuzz” by unveiling the hazy song “The Drain”. She has now shared the self-directed visuals that were shot on a full moon night. Is it a pure coincidence with Halloween? We don’t think so. The artist also shared a statement:

[su_quote]My good friend Andy Friesen and I directed ‘The Drain’ video together, and the creation of this video was really DIY as it was my first experience directing. Neither of us had really done anything quite like it before, but we borrowed a camera, rented a fog machine and went for it. The concept of the song is about mustering up the courage to dive into the ‘deep end’. I’m actually not a very good swimmer, so it’s a metaphor that is really real to me. I had this picture in my head of wading out into the lake, something I haven’t always felt brave enough to do, but I’m not afraid of it anymore.[/su_quote]

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THE FUZZ by Ellis