Single Of The Week - "Not Your Angel" by Ruth Blake

Ruth Blake is a singer-songwriter from the UK, whose exquisite vocals, impeccable performances, and raw emotion have ripped up the rulebook and revived and redefined the ethos of third wave feminism. Blake shares the intimate sonnets of her soul, like a pensive poet, wandering through the lucid labyrinths of ethereal-rock.

Following her work with pioneering composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist Edward Chilvers, Blake crowdfunded her debut album ‘Lullabies for Grown-Ups’ (2015), followed by ‘Creation’ in 2018. A spiritual, philosophical and mindful artist, Blake has also worked with the Manchester based collective Caulbearers as well as the Music as Medicine collective and Brightsky Community.

As an artist, Blake is the real deal and her music offers an intimate invite as well as connecting emotionally with the soul-searchers, dreamers and star-gazers of life. She is also an artist that lays bare truth and integrity like a translucent troubadour, whilst peering through the windows of her soul.

Having been busy working on her new material, Blake has joined forces with London based producer James Yuill and released the track “Not Your Angel“. As a producer, Yuill has worked with many successful artists and provided the soundtrack for many TV shows, (Erasure, M83, Mint Royale and Au Revoir Simone, Grey’s Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars, Scrubs, Love Island, The Inbetweeners and Dead Pixels.), so it’s no surprise that Not Your Angel has maintained that high level of calibre. Not Your Angel has selected as The Manc Review’s “Single Of The Week”.

A fantastic track, Not Your Angel overloads with talent, individuality, and fierce determination that flies the flag for any free-spirited warrior. It’s a track that swings in the corners of cabaret-jazz, flickers from the fireflies of darkwave, and dances barefoot in the woods of folktronica. Think Natasha Khan, Kate Bush, Goldfrapp, and Regina Spektor all meeting in a circle of sisterhood, then you get the idea of the sheer talent and high calibre of this track. It’s a track that tiptoes through the seasons of post-punk, curves with the moon-cycles, and feels the pitter-patter synths of new-wave.

Order the single https://ditto.fm/not-your-angel

“Not Your Angel” was released on April 4th 2023 and is available across all digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp.

CREDITS
Written by Ruth Blake
Recorded by Ruth Blake and James Yuill
Produced, mixed & mastered by James Yuill / Online Recording Studio
Cover photo by Ruth Blake
Artist photos by Kay Dilley