Ellur - At Home In My Mind

Ellur is a name who’s been steadily building - with shows selling out all over the country, a buzzy EP, her festival billings rising and her name coming up repeatedly as one to watch. So, we watched. And listened. And got very easily hooked.

Halifax’s Ella McNamara is one of those unique artists who combines an undeniable authenticity with a forceful ambition and a voice that reaches beyond her years. Her debut album is a journey around her mind, dipping into different musical genres that have shaped her for the past 24 years – from the 90s indie rock she grew up with, to glitch-pop she discovered in her late teens to the alt-folk she cherishes now.

Ellur (named after the Yorkshire pronunciation of her name Ella) writes songs about feeling, battling with, and ultimately drawing comfort from vulnerability in a way that takes influence equally from classic alternative rock as it does the new school of songwriters of today. ‘At Home In My Mind’, her debut album, is an open invite into the world and is a brutally honest reflection on life in your emerging 20s - an arm extended out, looking for people who need a hand to hold.

“Recording this album felt like the crescendo of years of struggling to understand myself. It can get quite claustrophobic living inside my head.” 

For Fans Of: Sharon Van Etten / Maggie Rogers / Francis Of Delirium / Arlo Parks / Haim / Sam Fender / Dora Jar