Inspired by Buckley, Cash, Drake, Cope and Kilmister, Costin writes songs for the mystified and heartbroken...

Huw Costin is a British singer-songwriter known for his emotional vocal style, melancholic lyrics, and a penchant for writing nifty pop songs when the mood takes him. He's worked with both Brian Eno and Mark Lanegan, but mostly, his musical journey has been a ramble around the more obscure reaches of the indie world. Known for his output with leftfield disco artists Smith & Mudd as well as rock bands Manatee, The Kull, and Earth The Californian Love Dream, Costin is currently writing and performing with his band Torn Sail, as well as putting the final touches to his second solo album. 

As influenced by the folk, country, and rock of the 60’s and 70’s as the Nottingham ambient scene of the early nineties, Costin has been compared to the likes of Big Star, Ian Brown, Elbow, and Jeff Buckley. 

His debut solo album - Regrets - found it’s way into the NME Yearbook as a top 10 album despite being unfinished and unreleased. The follow-up is just around the corner. 

Praise for Regrets: 

“It’s like the third Big Star album mixed with the Stone Roses… It’ll make you cry.” NME (Yearbook Top 10) 

“an emotive recollection of a love gone wrong” UNCUT ****

independent record label & publishing company

Makes music with face and guitar and people and bits and bobs

This sound is unobtainable to anyone lacking single minded devotion to rock and roll. Tight, insatiable rhythms somehow contain the raw energy stirred up by powerful, impassioned vocals. All is irresistibly engaging, all conspiring to set this band apart from fashionable pretenders. Old Basford have tapped into rock and rolls’ main artery and share its life blood with influences such as Queens of the Stone Age, The Black Keys and The Band 

"This rules. An amalgam of Skynyrd and Grand Funk Railroad. Whisky drenched finger picking and barroom belligerence"  
Kerrang 4/5 

"The bastard offspring of Clutch and Queens Of The Stone Age with a bit of ZZ Top thrown in for good measure" -
Rocksound 

"This is magnificent, thrilling music. Like it belongs to another era, one where they would be lauded as champions. It's heart warming smiling inducing rock bliss. Album of the year without doubt - if it weren't an EP that is"
Ninehertz.com


*contact me at nikolufsen@gmail.com

~Chicago-born Songwriter, Guitarist and Producer, Nik Olufsen. Currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Performing Artist & Songwriter licensing original Indie, Rock, Pop, AA and AC  music to film, tv and other media. For new releases, free downloads, and up to date information visit http://nikolufsen.com.

Producer / DJ 

Jungle / Drum & Bass

OUT NOW! Critical Presents: Binary Vol.15  https://criticalmusic.com/releases/critical-presents-binary-vol-15/
UK

Released on Critical Music, Audio Addict, Deep In The Jungle, Slap Funk Records, Tempa, EMI, KPM


DJ Support from Noisia, Rene La Vice, Roni Size, Grooverider, Krust, Ray Keith, Crissy Criss, Foreign Concept, Sam Binga, Nu:Tone, S.P.Y, Doc Scott, DJ Aphrodite, Logan D, Rene LaVice, Nicky Blackmarket, Plastician, DJ Q, DJ Kayper, Bobby Friction, Huw Stephens, SK Vibemaker, 

Radio Support from Rinse FM, Bassdrive Radio, Rogue FM, Kool FM, Rough Tempo, Ministry of Sound Radio, BBC Introducing, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 1xtra, 

Bookings/Promos/Contact:
kumarachidnb@gmail.com

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