Performers
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Faye Webster
The title of Faye Webster's new album is inspired by her occasional compulsion to lose herself among concertgoers at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Craving company and distraction but also leaning into the anonymity of a crowd, Webster often bought a ticket to a performance at the last second. “Going to the symphony was almost like therapy for me,” she says. “I was quite literally underdressed at the symphony because I would just decide at the last moment that's what I wanted to do.”
Webster has never been more comfortable in her own skin than right now, which makes her ascent into the vanguard of young, independent artists even sweeter. At any given moment, Webster might be making country-tinged indie rock flecked simultaneously by pedal steel guitar and modern R&B production – a bespoke sound which has won her ardent fans and turned her into something of a stealth superstar. The world around Webster may be moving faster and faster, but despite an influx of new fans, she’s still singing about it in an almost impossibly low-key way on her fifth album.
Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios with her longtime band, Underdressed at the Symphony revels in experimentation and playfulness. -
Sprints
SPRINTS have announced their debut album, 'Letter To Self', out January 5th 2024 on City Slang!
‘Letter To Self' embodies their substantial evolution over the past 3 years. Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece, who formed in late 2019, have steadily grown in stature, releasing two acclaimed EPs and building a fearsome live reputation. Letter To Self is the sound of Sprints co levelling up once again, revisiting their most vulnerable moments and imbuing their visceral garage-punk with a palpable sense of catharsis that we can all benefit from.
Now, more confident in their opinions and identities than ever, SPRINTS have signed to the iconic label, City Slang and racked up sold-out shows across Ireland, the UK, and Europe as well as a run of shows at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
SPRINTS's debut AA side ‘Kissing Practice’/‘The Cheek’ immediately landed them a fan in BBC 6Music legend Steve Lamacq and, as the year went on, early support from the likes of DIY, NME, So Young and more. Cemented by the reception to the ‘Manifesto EP’ and 'A Modern Job EP', it’s allowed them to dig even deeper into their policy of honesty.
"Screw-you power, relentless motorik rhythms and impressively large choruses." - The Guardian
"The Dublin gang neatly package existential panic into a buzzy, punchy musical box." - DIY Magazine
"On course towards future raucous, beer-soaked headline festival sets." - NME Magazine
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Amie Blu
Amie Blu is a 21-year-old artist of French heritage based in South East London. Her work is as tender and introspective as it is straight-talking and frank: here are songs that intrigue, soothe and get under the listener’s skin with their evocative sound, and lyrical potency. Debut mixtape how we lose marks Amie Blu’s first release on 0207 Def Jam, anchored both in classic, sophisticated songwriting, but also the kind of generational truths that speak directly to young people today.
