Single Exclusive: RYE – Could We Be Quiet Now

Photo By Ellen Dixon

Lithuanian‑born, Newcastle‑based artist Rye brings a haunting intimacy to the stage, drawing audiences into a dreamlike world that’s equal parts beautiful and unsettling. Her sound is rooted in her Vilnius upbringing, shaped by alternative pop, underground electronics and the tradition of sung poetry. A lover of languages, she moves fluidly between English, Lithuanian and Spanish, often threading spoken word through her work.

Her latest single, Could We Be Quiet Now, unfolds in soft, mesmeric guitar lines, spiky, sporadic drums and a spacious ambience that seems to breathe around RYE’s effortlessly engaging vocal. There are echoes of Aldous Harding, Lanterns On The Lakes and Radiohead in its shadows, yet the track carves out a cinematic, quietly spellbinding world of its own. Set for release on 29th January, we’re delighted to have been granted an exclusive first listen.

Here, Rye tells us a little more about the upcoming release…

“I wrote Could We Be Quiet Now? when everything felt too loud – conversations, expectations, demands (some of which I’d nicely arranged for myself). I didn’t feel like talking. I think we all know that feeling in the times of social media where we’re always connected or expected to be “on”, busy, doing something, our minds buzzing. I just wanted a pause, some simple days without all the noise. So this song was born from that feeling.”