Rock/Review Poppy Roscoe - Sally Singer
Poppy Roscoe is a four-piece Los Angeles-based Indie-Rock group best known for their adventurous blends of melodic album-rock and psychedelic genre-bending audio-visual experiences. Originally an experimental college art-rock project formed by Izzy Fortune in 2015 while he was schooling in Arizona, Izzy brought the band back together with founding members Adam Pena (lead guitar) and Jacob Smith (drummer/percussion) in 2023 to record the adventurous concept album “Sea Fortune and the Desert Rats," a bold and experimental rock-opera that’s an amalgam of different genres, culminating in its own full-length movie.
Poppy Roscoe's most recent release, Sally Singer, is an contemplative and moving indie-rock song with a very personal story at its center. The song, which was written about an unborn daughter, captures the emotional suspense and awe of new life. The four-piece Los Angeles-based trio blends power and sensitivity in their poignant tale of optimism and possibilities for the future.
Sally Singer's music is typified by its distinct indie-rock style, which combines mellow guitar tones with subdued yet powerful percussion. With every line, the song's emotional tug increases as the lyrics convey a parent's hopes and wishes for their future kid. The thought of bringing new life into the world is accompanied with a depth of emotion that is captured by Poppy Roscoe's sincere voice.
Themes of love, hope, and concern about the future are broadly available and resonate with listeners from all walks of life, despite the highly personal subject matter. The sweet taste of the lyrics is proceeded in the chorus, when the music soars, striking a dynamic equilibrium that takes into account the highs and lows of fatherhood.
Sally Singer offers a great tribute to life's significant moments, and Poppy Roscoe crafts a song that feels both private and broad. It's an emotionally charged song that illustrates the band's ability to tell deeply moving stories without sacrificing its indie-rock edge. Within the group's growing discography, this song stands out as a poignant and unique moment.