Self Esteem (musician)
Self Esteem | |
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Birth name | Rebecca Lucy Taylor |
Genres | Experimental pop, pop |
Years active | 2017–present |
Labels | Fiction Records, Kick + Clap |
Associated acts | Slow Club |
Website | www |
Self Esteem is an experimental-pop project, consisting solely of musician Rebecca Lucy Taylor.[1] The inspiration for her stage name comes from the evolution of Taylor's confidence from her early 20s.[2]
Career[]
Taylor was previously a member of folk duo Slow Club, which formed in Sheffield in 2006. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Charles Watson and Taylor, with Watson on the piano, Taylor on the drums, and both performing guitars and vocals.[3][4] The band split up in 2017, following an extensive tour to support their last album, owing to differing musical interests.[5]
Taylor released "Your Wife", her first single under the Self Esteem moniker, in 2017. Her debut album under the name, Compliments Please, was released on 1 March 2019 on Fiction Records.[6] The album was preceded by the singles "Wrestling", "Rollout", "The Best" and "Girl Crush".[citation needed]
In April 2021, Taylor released "I Do This All The Time", the first single from her forthcoming second album as Self Esteem.[7] In July she released the title track and announced that the record, Prioritise Pleasure, would be coincide with a UK tour in October of the same year.[8] The video for the single was filmed at the Almeida Theatre.
Collaborations[]
Taylor released her first single as Self Esteem on Kick + Clap, a label run by Django Django member Dave MacLean.[9] Taylor then went on to feature on the Django Django track "Surface to Air", which appeared on the band's album Marble Skies.[citation needed]
She provided guest vocals for "Strangle of Anna," a song by fellow Sheffield act The Moonlandingz which appeared on their second album, Interplanetary Class Classics.[10] Taylor also performed with the band live.
Awards[]
Self Esteem was nominated for the best breakthrough act at the Q Awards in 2019.[11]
Personal life[]
Taylor has been openly bisexual since 2013.[12][13]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Compliments Please (2019)
- Prioritise Pleasure (2021)
Extended plays[]
- Cuddles Please (2020)
Singles[]
- "Your Wife" (2017)
- "Wrestling" (2018)
- "Rollout" (2018)
- "The Best" (2018)
- "Girl Crush" (2019)
- "I Do This All The Time" (2021)
- "Prioritise Pleasure" (2021)
- "How Can I Help You" (2021)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Self Esteem (musician). |
- ^ Savage, Mark (7 June 2019). "Self Esteem is better off on her own". Bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Subscribe. "Self Esteem: Independent Woman, Part 2". diymag.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Slow Club: 'We feel like a different band'". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Music Interview: Slow Club - The Verse". The Verse. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ Jones, Daisy (14 January 2019). "Self Esteem and I Cheered Each Other Up at Winter Wonderland". Noisey.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (2019-03-01). "Self Esteem: Compliments Please review – sly, covetous pop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Self Esteem returns with powerful new song 'I Do This All The Time'". NME. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Self Esteem announces new album 'Prioritise Pleasure' and shares title track". NME. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Django Django's Dave MacLean Launches New Label". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "The Moonlandingz's new 'Strangle of Anna' video is a greasy and surreal melodrama". NME. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Stormzy, Dave and Little Simz nominated for 2019 Q Awards". Evening Standard. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "How Rebecca Taylor found her self-esteem". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Team, Editorial (2018-03-31). "Seven queer artists to listen to right now". DIVA. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- Experimental pop musicians
- Living people
- British women drummers
- British women pop singers
- British women guitarists
- LGBT musicians from England