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Introducing Lou Terry, South East London based singer, songwriter & activist. The Black Country, New Road, Porridge Radio & Califone support & Radio 2-tipped artist fuses strange technology with timeless songwriting. His 2023 EP ‘Warmly, Alexandria’ charted 22 in physical sales. Through quirky vocals & meticulously crafted folk soundscape, Lou’s music paints a picture of the people, events, feelings, doubts & misgivings of the everyday – often finding beauty in the mundane. Lou guides the listener through episodic stories with heart on the sleeve honesty & poignant lyricism – nodding to personal experiences like getting booted out of his home, repressed ecstasies of romance, or getting sacked from JD Sports. Lou Terry speaks for a generation that feels at odds with its surroundings.
His music has received support from John Cooper Clarker, Matt Wilkinson, Steve Lamacq, So Young, DIY Mag, Line of Best Fit, Dazed, Loud and Quiet, NTS Radio, The Most Radicalist, Hard of Hearing, Far Out Mag, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 2, Radio X, New York Village Radio, International Times & BBC Introducing.
‘Sensational!’ – John Cooper Clarke
‘Epic and defiantly unique’ & ‘One of the finest pieces of songwriting of the past few years’ – Hard of Hearing
‘It is a rarity to find such obvious authenticity and broad, retrospective lyrics.’ – Music Week
‘I can safely say I have never heard something quite so special… truly inspirational and absolutely beautiful.’ – Kate Dunton, Creating Change
