Senseless Acts of Beauty

Rowena Wise is a Melbourne based artist whose ruminations on love, alienation, and self-empowerment are fast catching attention. 

Inspired by the strong storytelling sensibilities of 60s folk icons and making a sound that sits her snugly alongside the likes of Aldous Harding, Julia Jacklin, and Waxahatchee, Rowena found her spark during a down moment while traveling at the end of a relationship.

A new zenith, her songs are full of emotional depth, and by allowing a searing honesty to run throughout, she’s being true to herself and the listener, holding space for all of life’s wonder and mess. Over the album’s ten tracks, she offers heady ruminations on love, loss, and alienation yet counters them with warmth, courage, and empowerment. 

“The name ‘Senseless Acts of Beauty’ is an ode to the senseless act of doing something despite the odds being stacked against you.” Rowena says, “I think that really rings true for where I was at when I wrote these songs. The growing pains of my adulthood were laced with self-loathing and disenchantment. I loved someone who hurt me very deeply. It was the kind of relationship that messed up my sense of self and the way I related with others. It made no sense to love like that, but I did, and I can only learn from the experience. I’m stronger for it.”