Claire Rousay (styled as claire rousay[1][2]) is a Canadian-American experimental musician and composer based in Los Angeles.[3] Rousay, who is currently signed with Thrill Jockey, is known for using field recordings to create musique concrète pieces.

Early life

Rousay was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to San Antonio, Texas, with her family when she was ten years old.[4] Rousay's interest in music began at the age of three when she began piano lessons with her mother, a professional pianist.[5] Rousay grew up in an Evangelical Christian household and played drums during church events until she distanced herself from Christianity. She dropped out of high school at the age of 15 and became a solo percussionist.[6]

Career

In 2020, Rousay released the album It Was Always Worth It via Longform Editions.[7]

In 2021, she released A Softer Focus via American Dreams.[8] The album was a collaboration with San Antonio-based visual artist Dani Toral, who first met Rousay in middle school.[6]

Rousay has also collaborated with her best friend and fellow Texas-based experimental musician Mari Maurice, who performs under the name More Eaze.[9][10] They have released two collaborative albums together, An Afternoon Whine in 2021 and Never Stop Texting Me in 2022.[11][12]

In 2023, Rousay signed with American record label Thrill Jockey and released the album Sentiment in April 2024.[13][14]

Musical style

Rousay uses a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder to record everyday sounds and uses them to create musique concrète pieces. Her music has been described as experimental and "emo ambient".[6][15]

Personal life

Rousay, who moved from San Antonio to Los Angeles in 2022, still maintains her Canadian citizenship.[3][16] She hosts a weekly online show on NTS Radio.[17]

In 2019, Rousay came out as a trans woman.[4] The proceeds of her 2022 album Wouldn't Have to Hurt were donated to The Trevor Project.[18] She also has a dog named Banana.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Blip
  • Released: April 13, 2017[19]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Several Erasures
  • Released: April 19, 2019[20]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Aerophobia
  • Released: June 21, 2019[21]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
T4t
  • Released: October 22, 2019[22]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Friends
  • Released: November 17, 2019[23]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
If I Don't Let Myself Be Happy Now Then When?
(with More Eaze)
  • Released: March 13, 2020[24]
  • Label: Mondoj
Specifically the Water
(with Alex Cunningham)
  • Released: April 17, 2020[25]
  • Label: Monofonus Press, Astral Spirits
A Heavenly Touch
  • Released: April 17, 2020[26]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
I'll Give You All of My Love
  • Released: May 1, 2020[27]
  • Mended Dreams
Both
  • Released: August 28, 2020[28]
  • Label: Second Editions
A Softer Focus
  • Released: April 9, 2021[29]
  • Label: American Dreams
An Afternoon Whine
(with More Eaze)
  • Released: July 23, 2021[30]
  • Label: Ecstatic Recordings
Never Stop Texting Me
(with More Eaze)
  • Released: February 11, 2022[31]
  • Label: Orange Milk
Everything Perfect Is Already Here
  • Released: April 22, 2022[32]
  • Label: Shelter Press
A Very Busy Social Life
(with Anne-F Jacques)
  • Released: December 16, 2022[33]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Anything You Can Do...
(with Jacob Wick)
  • Released: December 16, 2022[34]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Sentiment
The Bloody Lady
No Floor

EPs

Title EP details
Divide
  • Released: April 20, 2018[38]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Neuter
  • Released: November 2, 2018[39]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
It Is Just So Much More Difficult
  • Released: April 15, 2019[40]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
A Moment in St Louis and a Moment at the Beach
  • Released: July 17, 2019[41]
  • Label: Mended Dreams
Live at Elastic Arts
(with Carol Genetti)
</3
(with More Eaze)
  • Released: July 17, 2020[43]
  • Label: New Computer Girls
It Was Always Worth It
  • Released: October 14, 2020[44]
  • Label: Longform Editions
Split
(with More Eaze and Wind Tide)
  • Released: November 16, 2020[45]
  • Label: Full Spectrum
Live
  • Released: July 2, 2021[46]
  • Label: American Dreams
A Crying Poem
(with More Eaze and Bloodz Boi)
  • Released: August 5, 2022[47]
  • Label: Orange Milk
17 Roles (All Mapped Out)
  • Released: September 29, 2022[48]
  • Label: Shelter Press
Distance Therapy
  • Released: October 12, 2022[49]
  • Label: Longform Editions
Claire Rousay (Audiotree Live)

Singles

Title Year Album
"Tuufuhhoowaah / Bday Shots"[51] 2020 Non-album single
"Kyle"[52]
(with More Eaze) 		Never Stop Texting Me
"Peak Chroma"[53] 2021 A Softer Focus
"Discrete (The Market)"[54]
"Same"[55]
(with More Eaze) 		2022 Never Stop Texting Me
"Hands"[56]
(with More Eaze)
"Stairs"[57]
(with More Eaze)
"Overcoast"[58]
(with More Eaze & Bloodz Boi) 		A Crying Poem
"Deceiver"[59]
(with Helena Deland) 		2023 Non-album singles
"Sigh In My Ear"[60]
"Head"[61] 2024 Sentiment
"Ily2"[62]
(featuring Hand Habits)
"It Could Be Anything"[63]
"Lover's Spit Plays in the Background"[64]
"III"[65] The Bloody Lady
"VIII"[66]
"How Sweet I Roamed"[67]
(with Jeff Tweedy) 		Transa
"Limelight, Illegally"[68]
(with More Eaze) 		No Floor
"Kinda Tropical"[69]
(with More Eaze) 		2025
"Lowcountry"[70]
(with More Eaze)

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