ALBUM REVIEW: Ellur - At Home In My Mind

Ellur cements herself fully in the Indie Pop genre with her debut album ‘At Home In My Mind’, a reflective, yet hopeful embodiment of the turmoil of your early twenties. The album isn’t so much about growing up but learning how to exist inside uncertainty, turning overthinking into both subject and setting. 

Characterised by her impressive vocals and songwriting, tracks like ‘Missing Kid’ land at the emotional core of the album, capturing the strange realisation that you’re no longer who you were but not yet someone new. The crispness of the drums and guitar mask the vulnerability of her lyrics, and Ellur leans into the tenderness of her vocals to let the sentiment breathe, perfecting a balance between soft and energetic with lyrics that relate to a lot of young people. 

The title track, ‘At Home In My Mind’ reflects the uncertainty of growing up whilst still relying on that hopeful part of yourself. The track opens softly allowing the vulnerability of the lyrics to really come through, then builds to a chaotic beat that mirrors the confusion of being in your early twenties. The quiet chorus “So I hide from all my feelings / and crack some kinda joke” takes on a sincere tone appropriate to the turmoil of not hiding who you are. 

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What makes the debut compelling is its refusal to be performative. Ellur doesn’t present self-discovery as a breakthrough but as a repetitive cycle - insight followed by doubt, growth followed by regression. The tracks rarely resolve, because during your twenties, nothing really does. This honesty gives ‘At Home In My Mind’ its weight, a record not about finding yourself but recognising that you’re creating the person you’ll become. 

It’s a debut that cements itself in recognition, and for many listeners standing in that same uncertain space it resonates. It’s an album that you definitely won’t get bored of, and one that excites us for what Ellur will do next!