Rosa Walton, best known as one half of the visionary duo Let’s Eat Grandma, releases her debut solo album Tell Me It’s A Dream today via Transgressive, marking a defining moment in her evolution as an artist. It’s a record that critics are already embracing with open arms: Dork hails it as “a debut by an artist who has decided that her solo work is worth doing on its own terms”, while MOJO, The Line Of Best Fit, Uncut and The Morning Star all praise its shimmering emotional depth and Walton’s instinctive grasp of mood, melody and vulnerability.

Where Let’s Eat Grandma built worlds of neon‑lit experimental pop, Tell Me It’s A Dream feels like Walton stepping into a new, expansive landscape, one shaped by colour, light, imagination and a fearless sense of creative freedom.

The seeds of the album were planted during lockdown writing sessions with Sam E Yamaha, with Walton later returning to the material as her voice, confidence and emotional clarity deepened. Co‑produced with longtime collaborator David Wrench (Frank Ocean, Jamie xx, FKA twigs), the record features contributions from guitarist John Victor, bassist Kam Khan and drummer Elena Costa, adding warmth and organic texture to Walton’s dream‑pop palette. Despite emerging from a complicated period in her life, the album radiates optimism. Walton leans heavily into imagery of open skies, glowing colours and emotional release, from the sparkling ache of “Heart To Heartbreak” to the romantic, widescreen sweep of “Halfway Round The World”. “This wasn’t about stepping away for the sake of it”, Walton explains. “It started as writing to process things and stay grounded, and it grew into something shaped by the people around me and the joy of making music together.”

Alongside the album, Walton spotlights “Prettier Things” as the focal track, a luminous collaboration with Jenny On Holiday (Jenny Hollingworth), her longtime creative partner in Let’s Eat Grandma. The track captures the emotional openness that runs through the album, balancing shimmering melodies with a quiet, heartfelt weight. Walton describes it beautifully: “This song is about being with someone in a beautiful garden that we’ve discovered together, flying around as dragonflies… It’s a place that only the two of us can access together in our imaginations.” It’s a moment that feels both intimate and expansive, a reminder of the deep creative bond at the heart of Walton’s story.

While Walton’s work with Let’s Eat Grandma earned widespread acclaim, including an Ivor Novello nomination for I’m All Ears, her solo voice has already reached global audiences. Her 2023 track “I Really Want To Stay At Your House”, written for Cyberpunk 2077, has surpassed 400 million streams, becoming a defining emotional touchpoint for fans of the game and anime series. That same instinct for cinematic emotion runs through Tell Me It’s A Dream, but here it’s channelled into something warmer, more personal, and unmistakably hers.

Tell Me It’s A Dream is available now across multiple formats - Digital, CD, Cassette, Sky blue vinyl, Indie‑exclusive yellow vinyl (includes unreleased track “There’s No Such Thing As Horses”), Limited neon pink 7” featuring “I Really Want To Stay At Your House” — available in album bundles via the official store. It’s a collector’s dream, and a fittingly colourful set of editions for an album built on imagination and emotional vibrancy.

Fresh from her debut solo show at The Great Escape, Walton will take Tell Me It’s A Dream on the road this September, including a London date at The Lower Third.

UK Headline Tour – September 2026

14th – Glasgow, Hug & Pint
15th – Manchester, YES Basement
17th – London, The Lower Third
18th – Norwich, Voodoo Daddy’s

Tell Me It’s A Dream is a record about ambition, beauty and emotional clarity — a celebration of seeing the world with renewed colour. Walton describes it as “striving for ultimate freedom”, and across these songs, that freedom feels not just possible but contagious.

*Tell Me It's A Dream* album art by Nicole Ngai

Tracklist

Heart To Heartbreak
Sorry Anyway
Taking The Roof Down
Wave Machine
When Will It All Reveal
Halfway Round The World
Prettier Things
July
Romance Is Dead On

This is Rosa Walton stepping into her own light, and inviting the rest of us to follow.