“Bringing to mind the quiet majesty of ANOHNI and Perfume Genius." Analogue Trash

East London based actor and musician Vogues announces their new EP No Songbirds, previewed by the self styled “sad banger” Can’t Help But Think. Against a backdrop of ethereal, alt pop that blurs the analogue with the digital, Vogues uses the project, especially on stage, as a space to explore their nonbinary identity.

“What I love about playing as Vogues is that I can be and wear what I want without questions. I feel like I can bring everything I know about performance and storytelling from acting to the music. I can create these little worlds in songs that are a safe space beyond binaries”

Although the project finds its extra layers through collaboration, Vogues is very much the vision and creation of Davy Roderick. Playing in bands from an early age, they coupled their love of music with a love of acting, spending two years studying outside of Paris before returning to London and joining The Golden Dregs. It was through joining The Golden Dregs that they began working with Benjamin Woods (guitar) and Ted Mair (keys) on Vogues, both live and in the studio.

“Can’t Help But Think is probably the best example of Ben souping up my rinky dink demo with his production wizardry into something I never could have done on my own at the time. I'm also a sucker for some vocal manipulation, the chipmunk vocals initially came from Ben doing them as a joke on another song and me being like ‘I need that’. ”

The spiralling piano lines and warm, electronic textures of No Songbirds started as a compositional cue for Ted Mair that was returned with the structure, chords and arrangement for the finished track initially ending in “a truly unhinged electronic freak out”. That was then tinkered with by Roderick before Woods added the guitar line, first coming up with it during a live show.

“I always say it but I love collaboration because it’s 1+1=3, you achieve something you could never achieve alone.”

Written on the night bus from Peckham to Forest Gate after a late night recording session, the slow-burning Come To Jesus juxtaposes an emerging queer desire with everything they gleaned from their time at a Church of England primary school, while the quietly pulsating She Told Me continues to build around beguiling vocals, warm synths and distorted guitars.


Having developed the songs in studio and on stage, including at End of the Road Festival and support slots with the likes of Wesley Gonzales and Rachael Lavelle, the No Songbirds EP emerges as a first real statement of intent from an artist using music and performance as a way of exploring their own identity.

“Bringing to mind the quiet majesty of ANOHNI and Perfume Genius." Analogue Trash

East London based actor and musician Vogues announces their new EP No Songbirds, previewed by the self styled “sad banger” Can’t Help But Think. Against a backdrop of ethereal, alt pop that blurs the analogue with the digital, Vogues uses the project, especially on stage, as a space to explore their nonbinary identity.

“What I love about playing as Vogues is that I can be and wear what I want without questions. I feel like I can bring everything I know about performance and storytelling from acting to the music. I can create these little worlds in songs that are a safe space beyond binaries”

Although the project finds its extra layers through collaboration, Vogues is very much the vision and creation of Davy Roderick. Playing in bands from an early age, they coupled their love of music with a love of acting, spending two years studying outside of Paris before returning to London and joining The Golden Dregs. It was through joining The Golden Dregs that they began working with Benjamin Woods (guitar) and Ted Mair (keys) on Vogues, both live and in the studio.

“Can’t Help But Think is probably the best example of Ben souping up my rinky dink demo with his production wizardry into something I never could have done on my own at the time. I'm also a sucker for some vocal manipulation, the chipmunk vocals initially came from Ben doing them as a joke on another song and me being like ‘I need that’. ”

The spiralling piano lines and warm, electronic textures of No Songbirds started as a compositional cue for Ted Mair that was returned with the structure, chords and arrangement for the finished track initially ending in “a truly unhinged electronic freak out”. That was then tinkered with by Roderick before Woods added the guitar line, first coming up with it during a live show.

“I always say it but I love collaboration because it’s 1+1=3, you achieve something you could never achieve alone.”

Written on the night bus from Peckham to Forest Gate after a late night recording session, the slow-burning Come To Jesus juxtaposes an emerging queer desire with everything they gleaned from their time at a Church of England primary school, while the quietly pulsating She Told Me continues to build around beguiling vocals, warm synths and distorted guitars.


Having developed the songs in studio and on stage, including at End of the Road Festival and support slots with the likes of Wesley Gonzales and Rachael Lavelle, the No Songbirds EP emerges as a first real statement of intent from an artist using music and performance as a way of exploring their own identity.