By Colin 
Amelie Roden will release her debut EP following our ghosts on 8th August. The six-track project explores themes of introspection, loss and unrequited love, offering a raw and reflective look at how we process emotional wounds and begin to heal.
The title comes from a line in the first single, ‘october’s gone’, which introduced the quiet honesty that runs throughout the EP. Each track reflects Amelie’s personal experiences of feeling unseen, of struggling to be open about her identity, and of learning to accept the parts of herself that once felt too difficult to share.
“I wrote the songs about situations in which I felt unseen and like I wasn’t good enough for someone,” she says. “As well as difficulties I’ve had being honest with myself and others about who I am and my struggles, and learning to accept these parts of me.”
Across the EP, Amelie uses soft vocals, restrained instrumentation and vivid imagery to give voice to feelings that are often hard to name. Songs like ‘spring cleaning’ and ‘the puppeteer’ draw on quiet metaphors to express the ache of emotional absence. ‘it’s enough just to know you’ captures the tenderness and heartbreak of admiring someone from a distance.
Meanwhile, ‘english tea’ leans into everyday nostalgia, creating a space where memory and longing coexist. Throughout the EP, Amelie’s vocal performance stays gentle but assured, allowing the emotional weight of the lyrics to shine through. The production, handled by Luke Steven Ramsay and Sam Stewart, stays understated and warm, supporting each track without ever overwhelming it.
A haunting closer
The final track, ‘collecting dust’, brings the EP to a quiet but powerful close. Using the image of an untouched perfume bottle, it reflects on what we hold onto after someone leaves – not just physical objects, but the hope and heartbreak they leave behind. The music video, presented as a short film, enhances the song’s intimate feel through soft lighting and subtle visual storytelling.
“This song is about how it feels to be left behind by someone you thought would stay,” Amelie explained on that track’s release. “It’s about realising you were waiting for someone who never looked back.”
While the themes across following our ghosts are often heavy, the delivery is never dramatic or overdone. The EP offers space for sadness without wallowing in it, moving instead with quiet acceptance. It marks an important starting point for an artist already showing confidence in her restraint and depth in her perspective.
With its release on 8th August, following our ghosts introduces Amelie Roden as a songwriter whose honesty, sensitivity and self-awareness will resonate with anyone navigating the slow work of self-acceptance.
You can pre-save following our ghosts here.