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Combining guitar-driven alternative rock with catchy melodies, Coming Up Roses are a north-west London quartet inspired by the sounds of post-punk and shoegaze. 

Owing to lead vocalist-bassist Emily Sera & guitarist Darius Oon’s lineage, the band takes inspiration from the vibrant sounds of the burgeoning South East Asian indie scene, blending them with the local influences of guitarist Charlie Wilson and drummer Caleb Blake.

Confronting the uncomfortable to find comfort, Coming Up Roses presents multi-culturally informed songs that detail universal themes such as loss, struggles with mental health, and aspirations.

With a sound that is distinctly familiar yet elusive, the band has released 3 EPs so far: ‘Waters’ (2019), ‘Everything Is’ (2021), and ‘Coming Up Roses’ (2024). In 2025, they will release their long-awaited debut album ‘How Did We Fall So Far?’ through indie label INH Records. 

Photographer: James Bassett (@analougedframes)


Ethnicity: Singaporean-British 
Location: London (UK)

Instagram: @cominguprosessg
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GET TO KNOW - completed April 2025
Introduce the band:
Emily Sera - Vocals & Bass (Singaporean)
Darius - Guitar (Singaporean)
Charlie - Guitar (British)
Caleb - Drums (British)

3 words to describe you:
Introspective, dynamic and unfettered

Describe your sound:
Guitar-driven alt-rock with pop sensibilities. Kind of like if Paramore had more shoegaze and dreampop influences.

Describe the moment you knew that you wanted to pursue music:
When we got into the Baybeats Budding Bands program back in Singapore and we realised we had the potential to do more!

How does your heritage impact your art?
We've picked up influences from bands back in Singapore and throughout South East Asia and East Asia, and that has impacted the way that we write our songs. Those influences, coupled with ones from the Western part of the world has helped us to forge our own sound.

What moment are you most proud of in your music journey so far?
The proudest moment so far is when we did our own headline tour of Asia at the end of last year which covered Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan!

Your next music goal:
We will be releasing our debut album this summer!

If you could collaborate with anyone, who and why?
Partly cause of genre but also because the longevity of their careers is so inspirational. Also because Hayley Williams is the coolest, and she is such a trailblazer for women in alt rock music.

Lyrics you live by:
"To live in fear, is not to live at all"
(How Can I Make It OK? - Wolf Alice)

3 songs you're listening to right now:
Honey Water - Japanese Breakfast
days i've cried this year - priyana
Gaze At The Ceiling - Death of Heather

Your community shout out:
Caesar Edmunds (@caesaredmunds) who mixed some of the songs off our upcoming debut album! He has been a great help ever since we arrived in the UK and he's worked on some of our favourite records too.

Anything else you'd like to share:
Our next single 'I'm In Bed' is out today!