/Rock-Pop/British / European

LA ROUX
la roux

Release Date: 29/06/2009

la roux - the red haired one - steps up to claim her thrown as the new pop princess with the release of her debut album on polydor. with influences ranging from prince to blondie to tears to fears la roux is electro pop for the 21st century. elly jackson, the voice of la roux has a distinctive sound but sounds mature beyond her years. her dynamic combination of vulnerable emotive lyrics, snaking off-kilter synths and killer hooks are fast becoming her trademark sound and continues to mark her out in a class of her own. the album features the three singles so far - the club smash 'quicksand', the old yet modern sounding synth pop classic 'in for the kill' and the latest 'bulletproof'. this is pop with a capital p.