Eleanor Leans into Chaos on Stunning EP ‘There’s No Quiet, There’s Little Relief’
- Curious For Music Team
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
There’s no tiptoeing in Eleanor’s latest body of work. ‘There’s No Quiet, There’s Little Relief’ is a seven-track masterclass in emotional maximalism — strings soaring, basslines pulsing, and feelings bleeding into every bar. If her past releases hinted at potential, this EP locks it in: Eleanor isn’t just arriving, she’s already pulling you into her storm. From the opening notes of ‘Ghost’, there's an uneasy beauty that lingers like perfume in a once-shared room.
Born of blues, steeped in classical, and polished with the bravado of modern alt-pop, the project finds Eleanor carving out something thrillingly her own. There’s the haunted brooding of ‘Cold Day in Hell’, recorded at Luxembourg’s Punkat Studios, where her voice trembles like smoke over Ben Lowe’s cinematic production. Then there’s the low-slung swagger of ‘Sugar’, a funk-infused slow-burner that doubles as both bedroom confession and TikTok-ready anthem. “I’m the sad song girl!” she laughs — and yet, here she’s dancing with fire.
What’s striking is the scale: lush string arrangements courtesy of Rachael Langtree and Danny Miller, meticulous production from a rotating cast including James Wyatt (Sloeflower Studio) and Matt Humphries, and some gorgeous instrumental flourishes (that bassline on ‘Prey’ — hello Jennifer Morgan, we see you). Yet despite the breadth, nothing ever feels bloated. The EP ebbs and crashes with the precision of someone who knows her sound — and her story.
At the heart of it all is Eleanor’s voice: sometimes bruised, sometimes bold, always unmistakably hers. The two-part closer, ‘Stuck On Loving You’, is a devastating finale — a split-track elegy that swings from stripped-down heartbreak to orchestrated grandeur. It’s the EP’s emotional core, stitched together with quiet devastation and defiance. “It’s everything I couldn’t say out loud at the time,” Eleanor explains — so she let the music speak, and scream, and sob for her.
More than a collection of songs, ‘There’s No Quiet, There’s Little Relief’ is a bold statement from an artist unafraid to sit in the mess, to scale the drama, and to lean fully into the chaos of feeling. Elegant, erratic, and entirely her own — Eleanor is one to watch, but more importantly, one to listen to closely.