Cat No: MI0747LP

Don’t ask Rozi Plain to explain her spellbinding fifth album
Prize. Its ten, magical tracks exist as if in another realm,
where feelings matter more than meanings, where
thoughts have room to roam and where you can live in
the moment for as long as you like.

Rozi’s signature, free-floating sound was set with her
2015 breakthrough Friend and cemented with 2019’s
globally adored What A Boost (‘Like slipping between
cotton sheets’ was Pitchfork’s description). Prize builds on
both, but takes its cues from elsewhere. By a stretch, it’s
Rozi’s most upbeat and daring album to date.

References to disco and rave, saxophone treated to
sound like strings, silly synths and harp all play a part.
Economy is key – every sound has an impact out of
proportion to its size, every texture pays dividends. Rozi’s
bewitching vocals are bolder and brighter than ever
before. Male and female backing vocals feel like friends
dropping by.

Begun pre-pandemic and composed and recorded
everywhere from Glasgow and the Isle of Eigg to a seaside
village in French Basque Country, Margate and London’s
legendary Total Refreshment Centre, Prize may sound
effortless but creating each song was as industry
intensive as spinning a spider’s web. A cast of 15 feature,
including Kate Stables, with whom Rozi has toured for the
past decade in This Is The Kit, contemporary jazz titan
Alabaster De Plume and Minneapolis based saxophonist
Cole Pulice.

1. Agreeing For Two
2. Complicated
3. Help
4. Prove Your Good
5. Conversation
6. Painted The Room
7. Sore
8. Spot Thirteen
9. Standing Up
10. Blink