Enlightening times from Freya

Northampton’s scene is burning bright just now, and Freya Rose is the one running with the indie-pop flame.

Rushden-based, but making our town her working base, Freya released her current single, Enlighten Me, in November, which was another step closer to bringing her musical dreams to fruition. It’s a really good catchy player, too.

She was attuned to sound from a young age: “I grew up surrounded by an amalgamation of artists that really influenced my music throughout time, my parents pumped a lot of 80s music into my ears,” Freya, who cites influences as Dodie, Phoebe Bridgers and The 1975 (“but I also take a lot of influence from artists like Fleetwood Mac, The Fugees and Radiohead”), told Pulse.

She had a ready-made audience at home too: “I’ve always been a musical person, often putting on performances in my living room for my family, although they didn’t enjoy them as much then as they do now,” she said.

Making the connection with her first guitar at the age of 15 was a game changer, and she fell in love with the art of writing her own material, but it was later when she decided to up the volume on her passion.

“I didn’t really start to pursue music until 2018 when I went to university and found the music society. They really encouraged me to come out of my shell and perform in front of others. Through this I found my sound and my confidence, and eventually put together the band that I have today.

“Now I perform indie/folk/pop with my band, writing all my own songs and working closely with my producer Chris Butler to really shape the songs to become what they are.”

As 2025 begins, Freya is back in the studio environment working on the next musical chapter and, “making everything sound as lovely as possible,” she promises, “I’m really proud of this project and can’t wait to release it to the world, it feels a lot more mature than my previous releases and I’m finding myself experimenting with sounds much more.”

We’ll keep you up to speed with gigs and releases as they arise, but you can check in with her directly on Insta: @freyarose.mp3 and hit up other socials using the same handle.