Lou Terry’s new single ‘Calcium‘ offers a taste of his new album, Building A Case, which is released on November 13th by Divine Schism. Following recent singles ‘Canyon‘ and ‘Rollercoaster Therapy‘, ‘Calcium’ finds Lou cultivating meticulous soundscapes that ebb and flow, bounding with energy, jumping between motorik grooves, cathartic cries and moments of delicate refrain.
Lou says that ‘Calcium’ is ‘a song about childhood and how the impacts of making mistakes in your life change as you grow up. Remembering childhood conjures up images of nature, boats, fish, algae, calcifying rocks, digging tunnels, animals burrowing, growing up with anxiety and breaking things in the process. This is reflected by the seemingly disparate parts of the song (e-bow, modular synth beats/textures/melodies, watery/pulsing guitars, weighty drums) locking together in a heavy unexpected climax.’
‘Calcium’ is accompanied by a beautifully animated video [above], directed by Toby Evans-Jesra and Ethan Evans-Jesra, that takes Lou’s childhood images and reimagines them in a melancholic world of striking blues, blacks and whites, building gradual metamorphoses akin to those at-times painful lessons learned from growing up.
Through quirky vocals and meticulously crafted folk soundscape, Lou’s music paints a picture of the people, events, feelings, doubts and misgivings of the everyday, often finding beauty in the mundane. In his own words, ‘If I’ve got the story at hand, the way in is just to tell it, the very specific situations that happened and how they are related to things that are bigger.’ Lou guides the listener through episodic stories with honesty and poignant lyricism, speaking for a generation that feels at odds with its surroundings.
Based in Deptford, Lou once won the heart of John Cooper Clarke who stumbled upon him performing in a pub and was so entranced he missed his train home. Last year, found Lou playing shows with Black Country, New Road and Piglet and he recently supported Porridge Radio on a run of dates. Early singles from the album have won praise from the likes of So Young, DIY, Far Out Magazine, Dazed, Loud and Quiet, and been featured on BBC Radio 2, Radio X, New York Village Radio, and BBC Introducing.
Lou Terry’s albums and merchandise are available here.
