Holysseus Fly
Resident Artist – October 2024 to March 2025
UK alt pop singer, songwriter, keys, synths
Holysseus Fly is unapologetically embracing her pop star dreams on her own terms, making alt pop with soul and electronic influences.
With the show-womanship of Lady Gaga and emotional intimacy of James Blake, Fly is laying her own unique path. As supported by The Guardian, she really is one to watch.
Delivering choruses that rise like thunder, the 2023 debut solo EP ‘Birthpool’ delivered heartfelt lyrics that not only embraced her audience, but welcomed them into her journey of personal and creative reclamation, following her recovery from breast cancer in 2021.
In March 2024 the follow up single Out Of This World “pushed this striking sound further” (The Guardian). The same month she opened for Nick Mulvey on a sold-out 2024 UK tour including the London Hammersmith Apollo. In April Fly completed an artist residency at the prestigious Snape Maltings developing her live show – working with a team behind shows fron Madonna, Lorde and Florence + The Machine. She also completed her participation on the Sound and Music’s New Voices program (supported by Arts Council, PRS and PPL).
Most recently, she won audiences with her Glastonbury debut, plus a headline-worthy mainstage performance at Forwards Festival sharing alongside CMAT, Jessie Ware and LCD Soundsystem.
Fly is one of our Resident Artists until March 2025 and is primed to push her artistry further with a bolder, more expansive sound on her debut album planned for release later that year.
striking sound via rumbling synth-bass and electronic drum programming”
The Guardian
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