NEW MUSIC IN PROGRESS.
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/car-park-of-dead-dreams/id1150934527
https://kieraosmentmusic.bandcamp.com (Physical copies)
All songs are written, performed, produced and recorded by me, apart from a couple. Mainly recorded live or more recently on logic pro.
KIERA OSMENT - BIOGRAPHY
Kiera Osment, who hales from Devon has been compared to the likes of Sarah McLachlan, Lana Del Rey, Rae Morris and Natalie Merchant. Honest and unique.

 

Born in 2000 and home educated, Kiera from a young age has had a passion for music. That may have come from being blasted anything from Toms Waits to Dolly Parton onto her mothers stomach when she was in the womb.

 

She was drawn to the piano early on in her life. Given her first keyboard at six, then went on to learn classical piano at nine and achieving grade 8 at thirteen. At this time other instruments started to capture her interest, which included the guitar and cello.

 

Songwriting is her greatest joy, drawing on many experiences from life and her great interest in reading to write poignant songs full of metaphors and puzzles.

 

The strength and emotion of Kiera’s voice came to a surprise to her and her family. Singing wasn’t something Kiera set out to do, but the written songs had to be sung. Her voice is now a very important part of her music.

 

In recent times Kiera has supported Clare Teal, Eleanor McEvoy and Edwina Hayes, Kast Off Kinks, Kevin Mark Trail and BBC Radio 2 Folk award nominees Wildwood Kin. In 2013 she was on the longlist for Glastonbury’s Emerging talent completion and won best vocalist at the Song Academy Song Competition in London. She has also had some mentoring at Chale Abby Studios from level 42's Phil Gould.

 

Kiera is very driven and likes to play live as much as she can. She has played at many venues including; The Bedford and The Troubadour in London, The Fleece in Bristol. Locally, The Plough Arts Centre, Queens Theatre, The Loft Barber Sessions, The Creative Innovation Centre, South Devon Arts Centre as well as many pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants throughout the Southwest.

 

She has also played at many Festivals including Brisfest, Godney Gathering, The Maker Festival, Watchet Music Festival, Cornwall Folk Festival, Tiverton Balloon And Music Festival and The Llama Festival.

 

Kiera has played several live sessions on local radio including BBC Introducing Devon and has also had many plays on various radio and internet shows throughout the world. “Quite Speechless, just Amazing, I’m quite teary eyed. So pleased you came in and did this live session.” - James Santer – BBC Introducing Devon. 

 

Kiera is constantly writing and performing and hopes to continue music into old age wherever it takes her!

Download site for DJ/radio stations for UK Cornish band Littermouth recordings

My song writing Is influenced by my experiences in life and from the music of the mid 70s onwards. With the help of Tom Watkins at Yard One studios in Bideford ,Devon and the great guitar work of Matthew Trengove and Bob Skee Spitzer,the wonderful voice of Samantha Chalkley and some stick bass from Giles Isaac I have put together four tracks that I hope will reach far and wide. Enjoy.

This is a project for bass guitar alone. Written and recorded on bass guitars, no other instruments at all. Up to (at time of writing) 4 layers of bass put down to convey the melodious capabilities of this much maligned instrument and it's players.
I hope you like these and there will be more to follow when time allows.

"Massive sounding" - BBC Radio 1
"I love the intensity and I love the ambition of what Jekyll do" - Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
"Pretty Epic" - John Kennedy, Radio X
"Absolutely tremendous" - Frank Skinner, Absolute Radio
BBC Radio 1 Huw Stephen’s ‘Best of the Year, 2019’
"Band of the decade" - Indie Rocks
"Music from the heart. Melodies from space" - Liverpool Sound City
"A band sounding out all that is hiding underneath…/Clever music which explores human hurt" - Louder Than War
"Doomed post-rock meets catastrophic shoegaze" - Vulture Hound
"Indie, cinematic stadium rock at its epic best" - Backseat Mafia
"Choral Musings with maximised alt.rock guitars and a disorientatingly bendy shoegaze-tinged sonic undercurrent" - Mystic Sons
"Dark, exhilarating, theatrical rock" - This Feeling
"Gothic melodies and thunderous guitar sounds. And the crowd goes wild" - Getintothis
Born and bred in Blackpool, and taking inspiration from a wide and eclectic pool of influences, Jekyll's music is known for its expansive, melancholic soundscapes, dynamic mood shifts and visceral intensity. Through sincere introspection, Jekyll's songs tackle themes such as grief, love, obsession, dissociation, inner darkness, and OCD, with poetic honesty and vulnerability. While appearing at The Great Escape Festival 2018, Jekyll were signed on the spot by the prestigious ‘Fierce Panda’ (Coldplay, Placebo, Keane etc.) immediately after stepping off the stage. Jekyll released a string of successful singles, which were all championed by Huw Stephens (Radio 1), Jack Saunders (Radio 1), Daniel P Carter (Radio 1), Steve Lamacq (Radio 6), John Kennedy (Radio X). In addition to this, Jekyll were invited to record a live session for BBC Radio 1/Huw Stephens in London’s legendary Maida Vale Studios, with the production team there remarking that it was the best session they’d seen all year! Jekyll were included in Huw Stephens’ ‘Best Of The Year’ show in 2019 and had their session named ‘Best of 2019’! The band have already played SXSW, YNot, The Great Escape, Focus Wales, and Liverpool Sound City.

Female Folk Rock Duo. Songs of hope, growth and discovery.

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