"it's not real but I can feel it breaking..."
Dutch singer-songwriter Penny Roox has a way about her. Listen to the moving passion in "It's Not Real" which was originally conceived as a memoir of her depression as a teen and you cannot but help get swept up in the songs story, the universal nature of wanting to belong but feeling numb instead. We have all been, at one time or another, consumed by loneliness and chewed up and spit out by life. Penny's tender melodies, poetic words and exquisitely moving and beautiful vocal aesthetic easily penetrates anyone's outer shell, no matter how hard it is. The song while maybe a pure pop song touches the edges of gospel, of baroque pop and faintly (but grandly) steps into ethereal even surreal places. Lovely, lovely, lovely. It is one of those songs that I cannot imagine ever getting tired of, classic in it's rendering, vast it it's purpose and destined to touch many.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/pennyroox
http://pennyroox.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pennyroox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DXArm1WRDZcLjxEAsEDdg
Penny Roox is a 25 year-old serenader based in the Netherlands. Armed with her alluring voice and touching songs, she is searching for the truth through her daydreams, longing to find beauty in tragedy.
Her debut single Mean released on January 22, 2021. Mean was added in several big Spotify lists from her hometown, The Netherlands ("New Music Friday NL", "Made In NL” and "Stay Tuned!") and was also noticed internationally (Fresh Finds”, Spotify US, 738k followers and Fresh Finds: Indie, Spotify US, 78k followers).
Mean caught the eye of several big radiostations (Radio 2, Radio 1, 3FM) and DJs (Leo Blokhuis, Giel Beelen, Rob Stenders) based in The Netherlands, but also Belgium followed quickly with airplay on StuBru.
With her second single Sad Sad Dreams, she sings about dreaming of having a lover, but to wake up and find out you’re still lonely. Influenced by the likes of Elvis Presley, Joni Mitchell, and Chet Atkins, Roox’s old-soul jazziness that’s evident on both her singles gives modern-day music the individuality it needs. Soulful guitars and easy-going melodies juxtapose the song’s message.
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/pennyroox
http://pennyroox.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pennyroox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DXArm1WRDZcLjxEAsEDdg
Penny Roox is a 25 year-old serenader based in the Netherlands. Armed with her alluring voice and touching songs, she is searching for the truth through her daydreams, longing to find beauty in tragedy.
Her debut single Mean released on January 22, 2021. Mean was added in several big Spotify lists from her hometown, The Netherlands ("New Music Friday NL", "Made In NL” and "Stay Tuned!") and was also noticed internationally (Fresh Finds”, Spotify US, 738k followers and Fresh Finds: Indie, Spotify US, 78k followers).
Mean caught the eye of several big radiostations (Radio 2, Radio 1, 3FM) and DJs (Leo Blokhuis, Giel Beelen, Rob Stenders) based in The Netherlands, but also Belgium followed quickly with airplay on StuBru.
With her second single Sad Sad Dreams, she sings about dreaming of having a lover, but to wake up and find out you’re still lonely. Influenced by the likes of Elvis Presley, Joni Mitchell, and Chet Atkins, Roox’s old-soul jazziness that’s evident on both her singles gives modern-day music the individuality it needs. Soulful guitars and easy-going melodies juxtapose the song’s message.
Penny Roox, Adult Contemporary, Dream Pop, indie pop, singer-songwriter, resonant, intimate vox, The Netherlands, universal nature, loneliness, "It's Not Real", pure pop, ballad,
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