{"title":"Deary","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"aurelia","title":"Aurelia","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust under a year after their acclaimed self-titled debut, dreampop duo deary release a brand new six-track EP – \u003ci\u003eAurelia\u003c\/i\u003e – via Sonic Cathedral.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes the singles ‘The Moth’, ‘Selene’ and ‘The Drift’ and features Slowdive drummer Simon Scott playing on three songs. It will be available on three different vinyl variants and a CD with three bonus tracks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a stunning record, which displays a new-found maturity in terms of production as well as musically and lyrically. The band – singer Rebecca ‘Dottie’ Cockram and guitarist\/producer Ben Easton – have had to grow up in public since the release of their debut single at the start of 2023, supporting legends such as Slowdive and Cranes and TikTok sensations like Wisp along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn aurelian is a rare old term for a lepidopterist – someone who studies and collects moths – derived from the Latin aurelia, meaning chrysalis. The perfect title for an EP which is based around the theme of metamorphosis and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It leans on the natural world, the human body, the earth and sky as well as human emotion,” says Ben of how the EP represents physical and metaphysical growth. “Change can be daunting but equally exciting, which is something we’ve come to learn.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While writing the EP, I found a letter I had written to myself when I was 22,” adds Dottie. “I was fresh out of university and had moved back in with my parents as Covid was in full force. I was uninspired and lost and reaching out to my future self for some hope. It was a physical representation of what can happen in a few years; how much can change and how you never know what’s coming next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I found it interesting that – at the age of 26 – here I was looking back to my younger self for hope or just some comfort in the fact that things will and do move on. It was important to me to bring both of these versions of myself into the new songs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Personally, I had noticed a change in myself; a new level of social anxiety, a strange disassociation to things that once brought me joy as well as negative repetitions in my daily life,” reveals Ben. “I began the year sober which allowed me to finish the writing process as a letter of care to my own mental health. There are motifs throughout the EP – for example the riffs in ‘The Moth’ and ‘The Drift’ being reminiscent of each other – which are like musical reflections of these repeated cycles.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s musically where the change deary have undergone is most obvious. ‘The Moth’ mixes howling guitars atop a strident breakbeat making it more Curve than Cocteaus; ‘Selene’ is a slow-building wall of noise; ‘The Drift’ combines a perfect pop melody with an incredible sense of urgency. These three singles are balanced by the brief but beautiful ‘Where You Are’ which leads into the Portishead-style trip-hop of ‘Dream Of Me’. The title track has been a staple of their live sets for about a year as ‘Can’t Sleep Tonight’, but its mix of The Cure circa Disintegration and Mezzanine Massive Attack has grown and evolved so much that they renamed it ‘Aurelia’ as the embodiment of the change they have been through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We’ve allowed deary to naturally grow over the past year, we didn’t want to force it to take a certain shape or sound,” explains Dottie of the duo’s slow and steady approach. “A lot of the last EP was written by sending ideas back and forth over WhatsApp, but this time we were able to sit in the same room and I think that really shows. We know each other a lot better now as we have experienced this journey together and that benefits the writing process as we are more open with each other and can be vulnerable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Aurelia definitely feels a lot more collaborative, more personal and more fully realised than the first EP,” concludes Ben. “It feels like a real document of what has been a very important time in both of our lives. Ironically, the band has changed and matured even more since the recording, so we’re both excited to document the next stage.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Aurelia', 'The Moth', 'Selene', 'The Drift', 'Where You Are', 'Dream Of Me']\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD-only bonus tracks:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Can’t Sleep Tonight (demo version)', 'The Moth (acoustic)', 'Selene (acoustic)']\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Green 12\" | Signed Copy | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50384215245131,"sku":"2221249","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Gold 12\"","offer_id":50384214851915,"sku":"2221246","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50384214491467,"sku":"2221245","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/66c537b0-7ff9-c2dd-0d90-bf7196f23cdc_09ec411a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726290734"},{"product_id":"deary-ep","title":"Deary EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe eponymous debut EP by London-based dreampop duo deary on Sonic Cathedral. The six-track release is available on several vinyl variants, plus a CD with five additional bonus tracks and remixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir debut single ‘Fairground’, which came out at the end of January, was an instant classic. A mix of shoegaze beauty and trip-hop beats, it was amazing to see people falling in love with it in real time as it gained airplay around the world, a remix by Saint Etienne and hit number one on the Official Charts’ vinyl singles chart. The EP includes the follow-up, the deliciously dark ‘Beauty In All Blue Satin’, and new single ‘Sleepsong’, plus three other new tracks, and follows their support slot with Slowdive at the Troxy in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rough Trade exclusive version of the vinyl has alternative cover artwork and is pressed on pink vinyl. It also comes with a 16-page A5 deary zine hand-signed by Dottie and Ben from the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 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However, we knew that there was still something in it, so we brought it back earlier this year and we’re chuffed with the result.” “We wanted to capture the purity of wanting to see someone again, hoping they appear around the corner, or in your local park or pub, without any form of doubt that creeps into one’s mind as we grow older,” adds singer Dottie. “We enjoyed exploring and challenging ourselves to achieve a softer and uplifting narrative – it’s possibly the most joyful thing we’ve ever written.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the flip side, the ‘No Ordinary Love’ reframes the slick R\u0026amp;B of the original as a dark and delicious dreampop \/ trip-hop crossover. “The original was pretty much on repeat during our tour late last year and we thought it’d be an interesting thing to try,” explains the band’s Ben Easton of the decision to cover the song. “It’s a good representation of where we’re going, sonically, and it was also our first recording experience with Harry [Catchpole] on drums and so we particularly focused on what he brings to the table. 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