0Stella Biography 0Stella [oh-Stella] is the solo project of Edmonton-based, Irish-Canadian artist Liz Pomeroy. Ruthlessly authentic alt-rock blend with traditional Irish fiddle to create catchy pop melodies with oft-politically charged lyrics drenched in irony and rebelliousness. Reminiscent of Garbage, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, St. Vincent, PJ Harvey and The Frames, 0Stella’s music is both socially conscious and confessional. Little Yes, Little Know, 0Stella’s debut EP, will be released in 2019. It was produced and recorded by JUNO-nominated, Brad Simons (Nuela Charles, Adult Contemporary Album of the Year, 2019), at his Velveteen Audio studio in Edmonton. The four-track EP features righteous rock songs amongst shimmering fiddle with lush, brooding laments. 0Stella says, “Brad was able to balance my love for sonic intimacy with blistering riot-rock”. Written over the course of a year, songs such as the lead single “Fire” and “Pandora”, draw on personal struggles, to create a body of work that comforts hearts in a rising tide; be it physical or emotional. In recent years, the circular economy of the zero-waste lifestyle movement has influenced 0Stella’s songwriting style, creating protest lyrics like “bread and body over wine / breathing out your alibis / to ignore we’re running out of time” in the song “Wide Awake”. “Linen”, on the other hand, was inspired by the closure of the Magdalene Laundries (or Magdalene Asylums) in her native Ireland; a Roman Catholic institution, exclusively for Protestant “fallen women”, that ran from the 18th to the late 20th centuries; “That story broke my heart and has haunted me since I was a little girl”. The EP, Little Yes, Little Know, features notable players from the Edmonton music community such as John Calverly on fiddle (music director, Vinok Worldance), Joel Jeschke on drums (Whale And The Wolf), Aretha Tillotson on bass (musical director, Matilda) and J Tilley on guitar (Klusterfunk). During a solo tour of Ireland and the U.K in 2018, 0Stella shared the stage with notable names such as D-Day, The Violent Kind, Sinead McConville, Paul Gilbody and Jane Willow. A second European tour with a full five-piece band will follow the EP’s release. Formerly the lead singer of Calgary based alt-rockers, Burning Daisy (2011-2016), Pomeroy released one album, an EP and two singles, played SXSW in Austin, Texas and toured Western Canada three times. Liner Notes (p) & (c) 0Stella All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, copying and rental of this recording is prohibited by law. Tous droits réservés. Sans autorisation, la duplication ou la location de ce disque sont interdites sous peine de poursuites judiciaries. Made possible with the support of the Edmonton Arts Council. Made in Canada / Fabrique au Canada Catalogue #0SCD042019 0Stella.com Artwork design by www.davidos.me 100% MAPL Track 01 Fire: Written by Liz Pomeroy and Brad Simons Track 02 Pandora: Written by Liz Pomeroy and Brad Simons Track 03 Linen: Written by Liz Pomeroy, Rebecca Lappa, Brad Simons Track 04 Wide Awake: Written by Liz Pomeroy Liz Pomeroy: voice & guitar Jonathan Tilley: guitar John Calverley: Fiddle Aretha Tillotson: bass Joel Jeschke: Drums and percussion All songs produced by Brad Simons, engineered by Randor Lin and mixed by Brad Smith at Velveteen Audio. Mastered by Mojito Mastering Lyrics & Metadata Fire ISRC: CAJVZ1900001 Artist: 0Stella EP: Little Yes, Little Know Composer: Liz Pomeroy & Brad Simons Genre: Alternative Year: 2019 Track: 1 of 4 Lyrics: I'm on the outside, oh hell, I never could break in but, I'll make it work out so well, I feel I'm slipping in and I... Now I'm starry eyed but oh hell, I'm standing all alone, so, Come prop me up, never tell, 'Cause I'll do this on my own and, I will make it beautiful, I will make it beautiful. Fire, yeah I was the one to start. Fire - the burning of my own heart. Never ever wanted nothing if it wasn't something only I could start. Fire, yeah I was the one. Black butterflies flutter in. Another night spent drinking. You side wind your secret way in, 'I never saw you coming. I am getting critical, I... Fire, yeah I was the one to start. Fire - the burning of my own heart. Never ever wanted nothing if it wasn't something only I could start. Fire, yeah I was the one to start. I could be anything, could be anything you want. Just say you want me and it's falling all down, it's falling all down. Fire, I was the one to start. Fire - the burning of my own heart. Never ever wanted nothing if it wasn't something only I could start. Fire, yeah I was the one to start. Fire, yeah I was the one to start. Fire - the burning of own heart. Never ever wanted nothing if it wasn't something only I could start. Fire, yeah I was the one to start. Pandora ISRC: CAJVZ1900002 Artist: 0Stella EP: Little Yes, Little Know Composer: Liz Pomeroy & Brad Simons Genre: Alternative Year: 2019 Track: 2 of 4 Lyrics: You were doing just fine 'til, I sat next to you. I liked you just fine then, My eyes cut through you. Could have been a goldmine, 'Til you came and told me what you want to do. Well, take the best from me. Yeah take the best of me. Goodbye Love, Pandora is leaving - Leaving with a flood that shouldn't have opened. Goodbye Love, I'm sure I'll see you - See you as a code I shouldn't have broken. A little bedlam could be so good for you and, Some chaos you run, but it's all coming catching up on you. Well, take the best from me. Yeah take the best from me. Goodbye Love, Pandora is leaving - Leaving with a flood that shouldn't have opened. Goodbye Love, I'm sure I'll see you - See you as a code I shouldn't have broken. You move so close, that look in your eye. Ill-advised and so divine. So hold me close, hours melt by. We're all the same, just take it in and give it away. We're all the same, just it in and give it away. Well, take the best from me. Yeah take the best from me. Goodbye Love, Pandora is leaving - Leaving with a flood that shouldn't have opened. Goodbye Love, I'm sure I'll see you - See you as a code I shouldn't have broken. You're not fooling anyone, no. You're not fooling anyone. Linen ISRC: CAJVZ1900003 Artist: 0Stella EP: Little Yes, Little Know Composer: Liz Pomeroy, Rebecca Lappa & Brad Simons Genre: Alternative Year: 2019 Track: 3 of 4 Lyrics: I wish I had my sister's strength to wait - The deep blue innocence of all the saints, But you came to me like a tidal wave. My flowing hair was heaven to behold - Taken for the sins that never would unfold, A secret hidden from the light of day. You got me, you got me, you got me, you got me hanging on. Oh, you got me hanging on, oh. You got me hanging on, you got me hanging on. Mother please, I'm good as I can be - All these years I should have got a name for me, But I'll keep dreaming until I fade away. You got me, you got me, you got me, you got me hanging on. Oh, you got me hanging on, oh. You got me hanging on, you got me hanging on. I told you come around when it was safe. But your love is careless now and I'm afraid. We can't take this back, we can't take this back. Now my days are filled with thoughts of me and you, Linen kisses stolen round the back at noon. We can't take this back, we can't take this back. I've pressed your linens now and gone to bed, Salvation in my head, God between my legs. We can't take this back, we can't take this back. You got me hanging on, oh. Oh, you got me hanging on, oh. You got me hanging on, you got me hanging on. Wide Awake ISRC: CAJVZ1900004 Artist: 0Stella EP: Little Yes, Little Know Composer: Liz Pomeroy Genre: Alternative Year: 2019 Track: 4 of 4 Lyrics: One drop, it trickles in. Holding Hope like a daughter. I smell it one the summer wind. I see it in the water. Bread and body over wine, Breathing out your alibis, To ignore we're running out of time. So slip into your feather bed, And dream of truths you never said. Nothing left, you stripped me bare, Standing here in the thinning air. Well my clarion call calls every people. Tell me now, who do we spare? So slip into your feather bed, And dream of truths you never said. Ah slip into your feather bed, And dream of truths you never said. We're wide awake now. We're wide awake, We're wide awake now. We're wide awake. Bread and body over wine, Breathing out your alibis, To ignore we're running out of time. Ah slip into your feather bed, And dream of truths you never said. Ah slip into your feather bed, And dream of truths you never said. We're wide awake now. We're wide awake. We're wide awake now, We're wide awake. We're wide awake now. We're wide awake.