Ellie Bleach today shares That’ll Show ‘Em, the new single, taken from her second EP ‘Now Leaving West Feldwood‘, which will be released March 28th on Sad Club Records. Ellie Bleach released a string of standalone singles in 2023 – each cementing her unique world-building storytelling, set in a universe where wide-lens suburbia wrestles with esoteric yearning. Bleach is gearing up to tour these new songs across the UK, and she will also perform at SXSW this March. These dates follow a successful run of shows with Ten Tonnes.
That’ll Show ‘Em focuses on a washed up old rockstar drinking alone at a bar as he fantasises about ‘making it’ in showbiz. He’s down on his luck, feels the cards have been stacked against him in life, but he’s got this delusional arrogance to him – an unpleasant leading man of the song.
On the new single, Bleach says: “This is the most theatrical of all my releases thus far. Vaudeville arrangements including sax and clarinet help set the scene of a seedy jazz bar, then descending into total cacophony by the end. That’ll show em is the emotional crescendo of the entire EP, ending on a note of total desperation”
Now Leaving West Feldwood is Ellie Bleach’s second EP, featuring five main tracks + an outro track, which all take place in the fictional town of West Feldwood.
The EP is an anthology of characters who all reside in the same town, with each of the five main tracks told from the perspective of a different character. The final sixth track, outro Now Leaving West Feldwood concludes the story with the town destroyed in an industrial accident.
With a penchant for cinematic storytelling, her wry wit and esoteric lyrical style harbours a biting cynicism that examines the strange eccentricities of modern life. Pulling from the world-building singularity of Ethel Cain mixed with the wit and showmanship of CMAT, her music soundtracks a rotating cast of lonely, misunderstood people that exist within suburbia.
1. Pamela
2. Lakehouse
3. Hottest Man Alive 1995
4. Whole Lotta Nothing
5. That’ll Show ‘Em
6. Now Leaving West Feldwood
Find Ellie Bleach on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@elliebleach
Pre-order // Pre-save the EP – https://bfan.link/now-leaving-west-feldwood
Photo credit – Eleni Papachristodoulou