Wilted by April Rose

A huge Thank You to anyone who supports my music. I am grateful to spend a little time with you sonically. :) Thank you to those who truly believe in me and encourage me - you know who you are! Thank you to Jason Banning for adding keys/synth/string arrangement to my songs that enhanced the emotional quality of the songs even more.

The first part of “Wilted” that was written was the chorus (“Bonded by instability…”). The chord progression organically and quickly took shape; there was something special about it that reminded me of a classic moody and modal 90s alternative style. Something that I could imagine Scott Weiland and Aimee Mann singing. I applied the rest of that style fused with my own style to the rest of the song, musically and lyrically. Lyrically, the song is about feeling outcast, yet defiant in refusing to change to please others. Not all of us are flowers in bloom, some of us are “wilted,” but to me, imperfections and “mistakes” give things and people character.

“On Display” is about generational trauma and how events from our past still affect our actions today. This song and “No Future” are both recorded with clean electric guitar (my Fender Strat), whereas “Wilted” was fully acoustic. “On Display” carries on the theme of feeling outcast from society – the lyric “you’re looking through the glass” in the chorus evokes the feeling of being on display at an exhibit while people stare at you from the other side of the glass.

A friend of mine described the lyrics for “No Future” as “heartbreaking and beautiful.” It is written from the point of view of someone who is at their lowest low, at rock bottom. In my experience, it’s often times comforting when I see or hear something that expresses a deep emotion that I myself can’t put into words. There is this feeling of human connection through the universal feelings of sadness, grief, and heartbreak.

Acoustic music steeped in melancholy with lyrics that are honest and often times heartbreaking.
Vocals that are rich yet as the same time ethereal.
My biggest musical inspirations for this style of music are: Elliott Smith, Seal, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Porcupine Tree, and Kate Bush.