Official debut from Syracuse University student Claire Cottrill aka Clairo. The term bedroom pop is getting thrown around more and more, but unlike the slew of studio artists chasing a certain reverse-engineered false intimacy, Cottrill’s bedroom pop is borne out of necessity. And now that her music has transcended Soundcloud and YouTube and is a real thing you can hold in your hands, shes elevating her sound and poised to make a bigger statement. Diary 001 includes Pretty Girl, her breakthrough song about a relationship I had and how I felt like I needed to be a pretty girl for someone else. I felt like I needed to change a lot about who I actually was to be perfect for them instead of just being who I am genuinely, plus five new songs that most college sophomores can relate to: Flaming Hot Cheetohs, Boy Of My Dreams, etc. Diary 001 is a solo affair, save for one track helmed by Danny L Harle, also features Irish rapper Rejjie Snow on Hello.

• 6-song EP
• black vinyl pressing
• music label: Fader Label 2018

reviewed by spooning good singing gum 08/2018