Lesson

The beautiful debut album Lesson from Bristol based classically trained multi-instrumentalist A.L. Lacey. Having collaborated with several established indie/folk artists (VMLV, Monsters Build Mean Robots, Snails, Martin Callingham, Andy Skellum and Cower to name but a few) across the years, Lacey finally grew confident enough to start recording her own solo-project, with a view to polishing and finessing the scrapbook of musical ideas she had created during ‘the lockdown years’.

Produced and recorded by Jim Barr (Portishead, Thought Forms, Get the Blessing) at J&J Studios (Bristol) over the course of two years, Lesson is the long-awaited result of Lacey’s experiments with sound during the lock-down years. Crafting an avant-garde, ethereal chamber pop sound, drawing a wide range of influences from MBV, Phillip Glass and Scott Walker, the album aims to be a document of luxurious darkness that reflects Lacey’s unique approach to piano playing and vocal arrangements, with songs that appear to get bigger, louder and more sky-scraping as the seconds progress.