Self Esteem (musician)

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Self Esteem
Birth nameRebecca Lucy Taylor
GenresExperimental pop, pop
Years active2017–present
LabelsFiction Records, Kick + Clap
Associated actsSlow Club
Websitewww.selfesteem.love

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[]

  1. ^ Savage, Mark (7 June 2019). "Self Esteem is better off on her own". Bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ Subscribe. "Self Esteem: Independent Woman, Part 2". diymag.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. ^ "Slow Club: 'We feel like a different band'". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. ^ "Music Interview: Slow Club - The Verse". The Verse. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ^ Jones, Daisy (14 January 2019). "Self Esteem and I Cheered Each Other Up at Winter Wonderland". Noisey.
  6. ^ Snapes, Laura (2019-03-01). "Self Esteem: Compliments Please review – sly, covetous pop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  7. ^ "Self Esteem returns with powerful new song 'I Do This All The Time'". NME. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  8. ^ "Self Esteem announces new album 'Prioritise Pleasure' and shares title track". NME. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  9. ^ "Django Django's Dave MacLean Launches New Label". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  10. ^ "The Moonlandingz's new 'Strangle of Anna' video is a greasy and surreal melodrama". NME. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  11. ^ "Stormzy, Dave and Little Simz nominated for 2019 Q Awards". Evening Standard. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. ^ "How Rebecca Taylor found her self-esteem". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  13. ^ Team, Editorial (2018-03-31). "Seven queer artists to listen to right now". DIVA. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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