London project HUSSY creates avant-garde dream pop
South East London project HUSSY has released her new single ‘YLMD’ as the singer/songwriter is in the process of completing her debut EP.
The multi-instrumentalist known to her friends as Sophie Nicole Ellison creates an avant-garde dream pop world with 90s-tinged alt rock and dirty guitars.
‘YLMD’ is the third single release since 2018 and the first not to be recorded in her bedroom. The song has a melancholy that runs through it and is the most sonically vast offering to date.
“Musically I wanted to make it very dramatic and fun, inspired by new wave ballads with some messy conflicting noise underneath.” – Sophie Ellison
Last year Hussy released the double A-Side singles ‘Slayer’/’Playtime’ in October 2018 and ‘Forever’ in November 2018. This year HUSSY has played various support dates across the UK including with Lala Lala, Feels and Gang before playing multiple dates in New York City in March for the New Colossus Festival. The upcoming debut EP is currently being completed for Spring 2020.
Talking about the single, Sophie said: “This time around I really wanted to up what I’ve been doing sonically. Before now I’d been recording nearly everything at home but went to a proper studio to redo some elements from the original version.
“The whole process became a reaffirmation of how/ why I make music the way I do. Playing everything myself enables me to immerse myself in the creative process and in the end became a form of self-empowerment, something I wanted to prove to myself I could continue to do.”
“I could almost say at this stage ‘YLMD’ has become like a love letter to self-empowerment and things going wrong. You can guess once you hear the lyrics, ‘YLMD’ stands quite obviously for You Let Me Down. I wrote it a few years ago, and feels like its almost taken on a new meaning for me now than when I wrote it.
“Originally it was the frustration over seeing loved ones self-destruction. Ultimately though, it’s a journey of reflection and self-empowerment. Now, this song has become a reminder in how trusting yourself is so important to me.”