{"id":97995,"date":"2025-01-30T20:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=97995"},"modified":"2025-01-30T20:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:55:46","slug":"review-rory-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-rory-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: R\u00d8RY – Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"R\u00d8RYThere is an old saying that states “Life begins at 40”<\/em>, and for singer-songwriter\u00a0R\u00d8RY<\/strong><\/a> that’s considerably the case. While some may see her as a newcomer, the woman known to some as Roxanne Emery has been making music for over a decade. In that time, her discography was built upon a mix of acoustic pop and vocal contributions to various dance tracks. Yet in 2018, Emery shed her skin and embraced a new persona, R\u00d8RY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, this decision was more than a mere stylistic pivot towards accessible pop-rock. As her debut album,\u00a0‘Restoration’<\/em>, documents, Emery’s personal life was dominated by addiction, grief, toxic relationships, and mental health lows. Through a combination of sobriety and therapy, alongside support from her family, she’s emerged as one of the UK’s pop-rock’s promising “new” hopes. The arrival of ‘Restoration’<\/em> comes off the back of acclaimed festival slots and a healthy social media following.<\/p>\n

R\u00d8RY<\/strong>‘s songwriting is upfront and deeply personal.\u00a0‘if pain could talk, what would it say’<\/em> sets the narrative tone from the outset, with its mix of fairytale harmonics and semi-rap blasts serving as her inner monologue. Past single, ‘In The Bible’<\/em>, leans into religious undertones as Emery sings about her trouble. Her words end with optimism and hope while riding along a dense alt-rock tone.<\/p>\n