Ella Hooper unveils a vibrant new single and video, Words Like These ahead of her sophomore LP, Small Town Temple and Australian tour.
Ella Hooper has returned with her third single release of the year, Words Like These lifted from her forthcoming sophomore album, Small Town Temple, which is slated for release on January 20 of 2023.
Words Like These takes its musical cues from the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder. Warm, playful and rhythmically-enticing, Ella turns the wattage up with this new track, revealing more colours and textures in her music and songwriting, and offering a taste of what’s to come from the upcoming album.
Speaking of the new hit, Ella explains: “Words Like These celebrates but also pokes fun at my lifelong obsession with language, poetry and communication, the world of words. A high-level communicator by day, sometimes in love and woo-ing is where the writer gets stuck, mixed messages, misunderstandings, promises are made and broken!”
Words Like These is coupled with a bright-hued, upbeat music video directed by Mickey Manson – a photographer, visual artist and director from Victor Harbor in South Australia. His unique, handmade style makes the most of Ella’s down-to-earth performance, showing her sillier side and documenting a rambunctious spring day spent in both Castlemaine and Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens. Check out the cinematic clip via YouTube below.
Since bursting onto the Australian music scene as a teenager, fronting the iconic Melbourne-hailing rock group, Killing Heidi, Ella Hooper has risen from strength to strength. At the age of 18, she became the first woman to receive APRA’s Songwriter of the Year award. After releasing three acclaimed records with the group, Ella embarked on a solo career. Her forthcoming album, Small Town Temple – written in her hometown of Violet Town – has been hailed as a new beginning, showcasing a deeply personal songwriting style.
“Violet Town has always been my inspiration,” she says, and sings: “It’s there I feel the magic.” According to Ella Hooper, the forthcoming record, Small Town Temple is a love letter to her hometown – “just a humble little mystery that keeps me going and coming on back” – as well as her family and friends.
Catch Ella Hooper LIVE on her Old News single tour, which kicked off in Western Australia last Thursday (October 20). This weekend, the award-winning songstress will be playing two shows in Victoria. See a full list of tour dates here. For more info, head to www.ellahoopermusic.com.
The Small Town Temple LP will be launching across streaming platforms on Friday, January 20 of 2023. Pre-save the album here. Stream the new single, Words Like These via Spotify below.
