“Songwriting for me is like entering a trance,” says RØA. “Of all of the music I’ve written, the songs I’m most proud of — I don’t really remember how they came about. I may recall the emotion or circumstance that compelled me to write, but the actual process of writing the song always escapes me.”
RØA, aka Jasmine Roach, recorded their debut EP, which will be released on September 20, at Young Avenue Sound. “Comfortable,” the first single, features recording engineer Dane Giordano on bass and Thomas Lamm on drums. The song was mixed and mastered with additional production by RØA and Jay Particular at Unkewl Sound.
RØA says “Upon listening to “Comfortable” the first couple of times, I was convinced it was a love song, as this would be the most obvious reflection of my being at that time, or so I thought. As I’ve grown more familiar with the song however, I realize that it’s more of an internal chant, an invitation to the deepest parts of myself. And this inner voice evokes a kind of initiation into a realm of more authentic expression, embodied by the phrase, ‘I just wanna make you comfortable.’”
