Ex:Re – Save As

Today, Ex:Re (the cult-classic alt-pop project from Elena Tonra beloved London indie-folk band Daughter) shares her new album Save As.

Save As includes the previously released singles “Am I Even Real?”, “Sleep” and “Radio Station.”

Elena Tonra didn’t intend to write a second Ex:Re album. The lead singer of Daughter released a solo record in 2018 and had only ever conceived of one record proper under that moniker. But in 2023, when she took some sketches of songs she’d had for several years into the studio with Fabian Prynn, who produced the first Ex:Re album, the pair’s musical compatibility once again took hold, and Save As was born. Save As was produced by Fabian Prynn and also features Josephine Stephenson on cello, Hinako Omori on synthesisers, Ben Reed on bass, and Jethro Fox on electric guitar.

There is no grand, overarching storyline to Save As. Rather, the album is the latest in Tonra’s catalogue that expertly chronicles the gnawing minutiae of human consciousness: the over-thinking that consumes us, and the places we travel to escape. Its central theme is how we remember these moments. “My memory is not always very good,” Tonra admits. By preserving images in songs, she gives herself a means to remember. Listening to or performing them “is like travelling back in time.”

Fri October 30 – LONDON, UK – Rough Trade East
Sat October 31 – BRIGHTON, UK – Resident   
Wed November 4 – LEEDS, UK – Jumbo
Thu November 5 – LIVERPOOL, UK – Jacaranda Basement  
Fri November 6 – OXFORD, UK – Truck

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