New Music: Rose Brokenshire – Maybe We’re Just Tired

With a six-song visual album in the works for the autumn of 2020, and a studio album due in the spring of 2021, Toronto’s Rose Brokenshire has given us a taste of what’s in store with new single Maybe We’re Just Tired.

Maybe We’re Just Tired, which is from her In A Spell EP, is a brief but highly enjoyable excursion into a folk/electronica reverie. The vocals marry lush and intimate tones, while the chiming, tricky arrangement invokes a sense of unerring, welcome calm. The song is two minutes of sheer bliss.

Brokenshire says about the song, “Maybe We’re Just Tired is the moment you catch yourself being your worst critic and then letting go of that tension. Because damn, maybe you’re just tired! It is the self-compassion that follows deep frustration and choosing being kind and understanding to yourself when confronted with a personal flaw or a moment lacking in grace.”

She goes to say about the In A Spell EP, “These songs stem from the strange feelings of sudden isolation – time seems to warp as the days turn to night; deep reflection of values and priorities and restoring them in light of much needed change; gazing out the window wondering if a familiar face will pass by on the nearly-empty streets below; daydreaming about a favourite place to meet friends on a sunny day or Saturday night. These songs are a soundtrack to our souls current predicament: learning a whole new way of life and the strange new feelings that intimately follow.”

Maybe We’re Just Tired and In A Spell EP can be streamed on Spotify, Bandcamp and Deezer. You can find more listening details on Rose Brokenshire’s Instagram.