Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LPNW5843RT

Colour

Colour details

Rosie Red

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

With Exclusive Red Flexi Featuring 'Like Only Lovers Could'.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-08-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

607396584314

Total Cap

Red LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

LPNW5817C

Blue

Crystal Sky Blue

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format: No

607396581719

9999

Blue LP

CDNW6587

Digipack

607396658725

Artist

Jana Mila

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

New West Records

<p>New West Records is a rock-oriented independent label that was founded in 1997. With a focus on alternative, indie, country, and folk music, this US-based label has established itself as a powerhouse in the industry. Headquartered in Los Angeles and Austin TX, New West Records also exclusively represents the renowned PBS Television program Austin City Limits. Known for their commitment to showcasing both archival and current performances, this label releases an impressive range of music on DVD and CD formats.</p>

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Newest Listed Items

Jana Mila crafts songs with powerful lyrics and surprising, catchy melodies—songs she delivers with compelling expression. Americans label her music as Indie Americana Pop. Last year, she took a substantial collection of self-written songs to Nashville and returned with a dream debut and a record deal in hand.

Renowned American record label, New West Records, granted her complete artistic freedom to collaborate with producer Todd Lombardo (Kacey Musgraves) and a group of legendary musicians for her debut. 

Drawing inspiration from artists like Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Julia Jacklin, Carly Simon, and Phoebe Bridgers, she still manages to sound distinctly herself. With a strong band supporting her on stage, she effortlessly&nbsp;transitions&nbsp;between subdued melancholy and lively exuberance.

When the Amsterdam singer-songwriter Jana Mila (pronounced Yah-nuh MEE- lah) began writing a song called “Chameleon,” she thought she was writing about someone else—a friend who seemed to be changing her colors to please other people. “But the more I lived with the song, the more I felt like I was writing about myself,” she admits. “Doesn’t everybody try to reflect other people? Don’t I change my own colours in order to be accepted? Especially when you’re young, you can lose yourself in other people if you don’t know who you are.”

That is the central idea behind her debut album, also titled <i>Chameleon</i>, which
introduces Mila as an artist deeply committed to self-reckoning and self-possession.
Our innate desire to belong and to be loved can lead to a kind of self-annihilation,
making us strangers to ourselves. Writing songs is her means of finding and
sustaining her identity.“The album is a conversation with myself, a way of getting
to know myself better. There are little fears woven into every lyric, but there’s also
advice to myself. I’m writing to find a part of myself that has some wisdom.”


Musically, Mila is the best kind of chameleon. The album draws from a wild array
of sources, entertaining new ideas on every song: dusty Laurel Canyon folk on
“It’s True,” catchy Nashville country on “Let Me In,” driving ‘70s rock on “I Wasn’t
Gonna.” She puts her stamp on every note, turning those fears into an album
of remarkable confidence, eloquence, and power. Chameleon is a self-portrait
rendered in vibrant detail.

LP+ - Comes with a red flexi of the song, "Like Only Lovers Could." This version is an acoustic version with a beautiful piano backing. It was recorded liveat Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam 2024.

Chameleon

Music GB

Discover "Chameleon" by Jana Mila on vinyl from New West Records. An album exploring self-identity through captivating music.