Ex:Re (pronounced “ex ray”) is the solo project of Elena Tonra, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band Daughter. She released her debut solo album, eponymously-titled Ex:Re, in 2018.
On 26 November 2018, Tonra revealed the new project, with the release of a first single and video titled "Romance". It came with the announcement that a full-length album would follow a few days later, after a debut show at London’s Hoxton Hall on 28 November. Ex:Re came out digitally on 30 November 2018 via the labels 4AD and Glassnote. It was later released physically on CD and vinyl on 1 February 2019, with a limited blue pressing of the vinyl, including a live EP captured at the initial Hoxton Hall performance, to celebrate being Rough Trade’s Album Of The Month.
Centred around a breakup, Tonra said of the album: “Although the record is written for someone, a lot of the time it’s about the space without that person in it.  In every scenario, there's either the person in memory or the noticeable absence of that person in the present moment. I suppose it is a break-up record, however I do not talk about the relationship at all, and he hardly features in the scenes.  He is only felt as a ghostly presence.”

Return to Elena Tonra Autograph Profile