Fear is a Rose - five years to bloom. A record about desire. About fear. The known, the unknown. What we carry in silence and what the world shouts at us. The longing we chase, the terror we run from. The relief when we finally stop holding on. Not by escaping. By receiving.

Fear is not the enemy. Fear is a rose. The bee sting in the palm. Guarding the heart. The blade at the chest of the cloud. What you hold tight. And what you must, in the end, remember to swallow. Fear reminds us we want to be alive.

Thanks to all my incredible collaborators. You know who you are.

xox, ella

recorded at studio57 in ojai, ca with sage stoneman, wade ryff, josh moreau

recorded @altamirasound in la with carly bond (meerna) and robert shelton, adam moss, adam brisbin, Amelie Rousseaux, marian lipino