Nymphlord – Rough Blue Blanket

Emerging singer-songwriter and producer Nymphlord returns with Rough Blue Blanket, her sophomore EP out May 23 via Lauren Records.

The intimate and genre-blurring lead single “Call Me Up” is out today.

Listening to “Call Me Up” is like watching an episode of PEN15 – it’s a song about the intimacy of lifelong friendship. “There are so many moments we share that seem meaningless in isolation, but become priceless once compounded over time. So this song is made up of those,” explains Nymphlord.

“Call Me Up” was recorded with friends Pearce Gronek (Lonely Pirate Committee, We Shrunk, Pearce’s) and Johnny Dawson at a house in Pasadena with an eclectic instrumentation including upright bass, clarinet, pedal steel, and a broken radio. Layering three identical acoustic guitar takes and pitch-shifted vocals, Nymphlord creates a lush, disorienting mix. “There’s probably a metaphor to be found there, something about the beauty of merging while maintaining individuality,” she says. “But that’s for another writer to unravel.”

On Rough Blue Blanket, Nymphlord crafts a collection of unique and intricate coming-of-age songs, a lush meld of acoustic instrumentation and digital experimentation. Recorded across four studios and just as many seasons, the songs on Rough Blue Blanket, which might otherwise be disparate, find cohesion through Nymphlord’s delicate lyricism. She has a knack for presenting memories as impressions, laying out rhymes like ephemera scattered across a grandparent’s desk, waiting for a curious hand to piece the story back together. 

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