London based Alice Costelloe – formerly of critically acclaimed shoegaze duo Big Deal (Mute Records) and previously live bassist for Superfood – released her debut album, Move On With The Year, last February. Full of beguiling art-pop, the record was built on self-trust, instinct, and a necessary process of creative detangling.
The album rejects the indie-rock lineage Alice came up in, trading guitar solos for mellotron, taishogoto and flute lines recorded mid-lesson, trusting imperfection as the truest form of expression. Beneath that sound is a harder story: the weight of a complicated parental relationship and the kind of grief that doesn’t resolve neatly.
At its heart, Move On With The Year is a companion album to growing up again – not about one heartbreak, but about reshaping your entire emotional framework and identity in order to step into the next chapter of life.