Linnea Siggelkow makes intimate, powerful, and clarifying indie rock songs for searchers and overthinkers. As Ellis, the Hamilton, Ontario songwriter isn’t concerned with clear-cut answers and convenient revelations but the grueling contemplative work that goes into figuring out who you are, how you handled the past, and where you want to be in the future. On her sophomore album no place that feels like, uncertainty and doubt are turned into resonance across 11 delicate and playful tracks. It’s the triumphant culmination of countless tough decisions and second guesses with Siggelkow finding comfort and self-power in an uncentered world.
Following the meteoric rise on the back of her independently released debut EP The Fuzz, which earned her comparisons to Mazzy Star, Alvvays and Slowdive from outlets like Pitchfork, FADER and Stereogum; Ellis released her first album Born Again April 2020, an album that excavated the lingering trauma of her religious upbringing. With the world drastically different coupled with the fact that she was not able to tour these songs, she hit a creative and personal crisis.
There are no quick fixes for getting out of a rut beyond time, therapy, and patience, so Siggelkow decided to embrace novelty and surprise by approaching songwriting in completely new ways. First, she was asked to collaborate, playing guitar on Ethel Cain’s critically acclaimed LP Preacher’s Daughter (Cain has also covered Ellis’ song “Embarrassing”) and co-writing a song called “Vicious Circle” with her partner Chastity’s Brandon Williams that featured City and Colour. On no place that feels like, allowing collaborators to help flesh out four of the album’s arrangements gave her the freedom to be fully herself lyrically. Her new album is set for release on April 26th, 2024.
