With a headline hometown show at The Leadmill coming up this month, we grabbed five with local songwriting talent Harriet Rose to hear about the musical journey so far…
The first record I bought…
Avril Lavigne’s Let Go – a huge inspiration to me growing up. I started out in a punk band and styled everything around her, I just wasn’t anywhere near as cool.
My first gig…
The first proper gig I remember was going to see Johnny Marr in Newcastle. My love for The Smiths has been passed down from my Dad and he took me to this show and dragged me right down to the front. It was definitely a first to remember.
The first song I performed…
Had to think hard about this one, but I’m pretty sure it was ‘You’ve Got The Love’ by Florence and the Machine.
A song I wish I’d written…
With the exception of the entire Taylor Swift catalogue, a song I’m listening to loads at the moment is ‘History of Man’ by Maisie Peters. I absolutely adore her writing, but there are some lines in this song that as a woman just hit home and I wish I’d had the brains to write it.
I first fell in love with music when…
I’ve always had a love of music since starting out in theatre at a young age. But I really started to appreciate songwriting when I was around 10 years old and realised it was literally just stories and poems put to music. It gave me a chance to get all my emotions out when, more often than not, I wouldn’t know what to say.
One song that I can’t get out of my head at the minute…
I can’t pick just one because I loop songs until I literally can’t stand them anymore. My top three right now are ‘Anonymous in Los Feliz’ by The Vaccines, ‘Run Away To Mars’ by TALK and ‘Never Need Me’ by Rachel Chinouriri.
A record that reminds me of a specific time and place…
Fontaines D.C. – ‘A Hero’s Death’ was my anthem for last summer. Every time I hear it now I get excited for sunny days on the beach with the people who mean the most to me.
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Harriet Rose plays The Leadmill on 30 March. Tickets (£10) are available from leadmill.co.uk.
