British singer and virtuoso guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor has announced Heartbeat, the latest single to be taken from her anticipated forthcoming studio album Featherweight, due for release on Cooking Vinyl on 9th February 2024 (available for pre-order HERE). A cathartic and emotional alt pop-rock tune, Heartbeat explores feelings of anxiety and insecurity and is out now.

Rosie Frater Taylor:
“Heartbeat was born at the guitar, harking back to some of my longer-term muses: Joni, Rickie Lee Jones, James Taylor, Joan Armatrading. The neo-soul temperament of the drums and bass creates the generational link for me, the ‘modern-day’ Joni Mitchell vibes I’m going for and inclusion of some of my other R&B/soul influences like Lewis Taylor, John Mayer, Emily King, Jamie Woon.

The harmonic palette was different for this track. I’m a long-term fan of the John Mayer live album ‘where the light is’, some of the best trio vibes going – he does a very courageous solo version of ‘Neon’ from his debut album ‘Room For Squares’ (banger) tuning the low E string to drop C. Heartbeat does the same and the chords you get from doing that are so so crazy. I seek out chords that tug at the heart strings and often already have a melody contained within them that inspires the vocal(s), right hand picking pattern, arrangement, additional guitar layers and so on.”

Heartbeat is the third track to be released from Frater-Taylor’s forthcoming album Featherweight, the follow-up to 2021’s Bloom, which garnered in excess of 3 million streams. Featherweight marks a stylistic shift and presents a unique style that showcases the 24-year-old’s ability to intertwine hard-hitting lyrical ideas with glistening melodies, consummate guitar playing and unpredictable textural contrasts. 

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Rosie Frater-Taylor’s third single ‘Heartbeat’ is out now. Her forthcoming album ‘Featherweight’ is released on 9th February 2024 and can be pre-ordered HERE                            

‘Featherweight’ will be available on CD, limited edition gold vinyl, black vinyl and via all digital platforms. 

In addition, Rosie Frater-Taylor, will embark on a headline February 2024 UK Tour and tickets are available on her official website here: www.rosiefratertaylor.com/shows

She will visit the following venues:

Feb 8 – London, Rough Trade West (unplugged performance + signing)

Feb 9 – Bristol, Louisiana 

Feb 13 – Leeds, Book Club

Feb 15 – Glasgow, Rum Shack 

Feb 16 – Manchester, Deaf Institute

Feb 17 – London, Omeara