Liza Lo is an indie-folk artist whose gentle yet powerful voice weaves tales of love, loss, and growth. Her latest music has been recorded with producer Jon Kelly (Paul McCartney, Kate Bush) at Damon Albarn's Studio 13. These new recordings feature her full live band, adding a new depth to her introspective lyrics. Liza recently signed to London/Tokyo analog specialist label Gearbox Records. Her songs have caught the attention of BBC Introducing London and landed on popular Spotify playlists like New Music Friday and The Most Beautiful Songs in the World, as well as being featured on Notion’s Undiscovered and DIY Neu playlist. Having recently completed her own UK headline tour and opened for Steph Strings and Vraell around the UK as well as a sold-out EU/UK tour with Harrison Storm in Liza Lo’s star is rising fast. Her latest releases have been described by DIY Magazine as “A wistful blend of indie-folk that’s reminiscent of the likes of Alice Phoebe Lou and Julia Jacklin” 

Brought up between the Netherlands, England and Spain, Liza is influenced by a wide variety of music. Inspiration for Liza ranges from Laura Marling, Big Thief and Carole King to Billie Marten, Maro and Flyte. Growing up, Liza was surrounded by flamenco music, played live by family and friends at home. This love for playing and sharing music in a community sparked a love for guitar playing and intimate story telling. A few years later, being mentored by Jon Kelly, who worked with incredible artists like Kate Bush and Paul McCartney, has pushed Liza to record her songs with her entire live band. The band, Liza and Jon set off to Studio 13 in West London and recorded ‘Familiar’ direct to tape. A lesson in learning to accept impurities in a recording and choosing the song for the feeling of the take, rather than the perfection of the recording. Jon and Liza sat down weekly, going through Liza’s newly written songs and were together collecting the right ones for the album over the course of 10 months. The band came together and jammed the songs in the studio for the first time, just before recording them, trusting everyone’s initial instinct with the songs and allowing an element of surprise whilst recording.

More stripped back songs like ‘A Messenger’ and ‘Darling’ carry the core of Lo’s inspiration, keeping the songs as simple as possible, to just convey the message of the song was the goal here. Whereas bigger songs like Morning Call, Catch The Door and Gipsy Hill were developed thoroughly with the whole band and more inspired by bands like Big Thief or Flyte, to bring together a sonic field that supported the song but also where the instrumentation led the writing.