With some roots in South Africa and others in Hackney, Portugal and Lithuania, Larry Seftel is the author of the Seftel album. The songs are inexact measures of jealousy, lousy nights, bad dreams, self-loathing, boring lunches and half read books.  Arranged by Ghikas and Von Weizsacker of the Chap, their sincerity is twisted out of shape into something discomforting, slightly sleazy and also oddly relaxing.  The album is being released by Lo Recordings on the 27th of May.

Singer, songwriter & guitarist. 
'I Fantasise' ❤️‍🔥 out now

Excelling in razor-sharp alt-pop, Natalie McCool’s songs have every hallmark of great pop music with a fresh twist of modern influences.

“Mesmerising lilt-pop gem.”
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Original material with a modern edge, Lily Brooke has captivated audiences live and online reaching over 28k twitter followers. Her eclectic repertoire merges pop music with darker, twisted tones to create a unique alternative pop sound. Heavy bass contrasting breathy, intimate vocals creates a  seductive flavour of popular music.

Lily has performed at some of the region’s biggest festivals and won competitions like the Pride of South Tyneside award; previous winners include renowned artists like Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix. More recently, Lily has headlined and supported acts at o2 Academy Newcastle and released her debut single Kaleidoscope.

Local performances span across the North East at renowned venues such as o2 Academy Newcastle, The Cluny, Riverside, Think Tank and Surf Cafe. Lily has shared stages with other festival headliners UB40, Happy Mondays, Public Enemy, The Futureheads and even DeadMau5 at the Evolution Festival to crowds of over 28,000 people. Review her social media for more...

Musician. Soho Radio presenter. 

FILTHY UNDERNEATH - NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!

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Nadine Shah’s fifth album Filthy Underneath is out now as the inaugural release on EMI North. The follow up to 2020's critically acclaimed Kitchen Sink and 2017's Mercury Prize nominated Holiday Destination. 

Three years might seem like a prolonged absence to some people, but it’s also a period of time in which the apparatus that holds your world in place can be dismantled and reassembled so that you can keep living, keep creating. Filthy Underneath chronicles a period of unprecedented turbulence in Nadine Shah’s life. And yet, the experience of listening to it is oddly life-affirming – a parade of ghosts spanning the entirety of Nadine’s thirty-seven years, moving with balletic beauty to the music that Nadine and long-time co-writer and producer Ben Hillier have created around them.  

On the lead single 'Topless Mother', her double-tracked harmonies converge with a physically irresistible groove. Inspired by a series of comically tense exchanges with a counsellor, the song alights on that counsellor’s unorthodox tendency to burst into tears if she felt she wasn’t getting anywhere with her patient.  

Speaking of the track Shah says: "It’s a song about a counsellor I worked with that I couldn’t get along with. I’m pretty certain the feeling was mutual. And I’m also pretty certain she’d find this funny. Some people just don’t click and some arseholes like me write songs about it."

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