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Nov 13, 2025A Little Death showcases Rousay’s ability to convey complex feelings of nostalgia, bringing to mind the themes of films such as Aftersun or Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind in their wistful approach to the portrayal of memories.
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Nov 5, 2025Yes, there are pangs of melancholy and sadness, but these are next to touching motifs and beguiling melodies. For best results, listen on headphones in a darkened room when everyone else is asleep. You’ll get a genuine thrill.
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Oct 29, 2025A record that speaks to notions of presence and absence, and the impermanence that underpins all things.
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MojoOct 29, 2025Intermittently challenging; ultimately it offers a comforting embrace. [Dec 2025, p.85]
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Oct 29, 2025Like any of rousay's other releases, a little death is a homemade portrait, incorporating sounds from her life and her friends into earnest, personal work.
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The WireNov 14, 2025Throughout, strings carry forward brief, carefully composed interludes, dipping into sound fields that recall early 2000s post-rock; pensive percussion and melodic guitars riffing in and out of focus. The compositions are painterly and precise, punctuated by chimes and deep piano tones. [Dec 2025, p.56]
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Nov 12, 2025Years in the making, a little death is rousay’s most polished and straightforward work, one that seeks to take her from collagist to capital-C Composer.
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Oct 29, 2025It's clear that these compositions are infused by strong emotions and the inescapable weight of memories, but it's not always easy to interpret the hidden meaning.
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UncutOct 29, 2025There's no cathartic yelling, but feelings are certainly to the fore in eight tracks that features violin, clarinet, lap steel and piano, with a guest spot (on "Just") from ambient psychedelicist M Sage. [Dec 2025, p.36]