Lyla Foy
Born1988 (age 34–35)
London
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Record producer
Years active2012–present
LabelsSub Pop
Websitewww.lylafoy.co.uk

Lyla Foy (born 1988) is an English, London-based singer-songwriter.[1] Her music has been described as "somewhere between folk and dream pop"[2] and has been praised for its "texture and rhythmic complexity".[3] She sings, writes, and produces her music.[4]

She has been the opening act for The National, Sharon Van Etten, Midlake, Phosphorescent, and Fleet Foxes. Lyla also sings and plays bass with psychedelic six-piece, Mono Club, fronted by John Herbert of Goldheart Assembly.

Biography

Early life

Foy liked music from an early age; her father listened to Ella Fitzgerald. However, she did not have musical parents.[5] Foy taught herself to play guitar as a teenager.[3]

Career

Foy released her debut single "Magazine" in September 2012 under her band's name, WALL.[6]

In March 2013, Foy released her debut EP Shoestring, named after the title track of the same name.[6] The EP also included the tracks "Left to Wonder", "Place Too Low" and "All Alone".

In October 2013, Foy dropped her stage name WALL for her real name, Lyla Foy and signed a recording contract with Sub Pop.[7][8][9] Foy released a double a-side called "Easy" / "Head Down" via Subpop.

On 18 March 2014, Foy released her debut album, Mirrors The Sky, via Sub Pop.[10] The album contained ten songs, including "Honeymoon", "I Only" and "No Secrets".[11] One of the songs, "Impossible", serves as the end credits music for the season one episode "Say Anything" of BoJack Horseman.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Mirrors the Sky (2014), Sub Pop
  • Bigger Brighter (2018), INgrooves
  • Fornever (2021), self-released
  • Year of the Black Water Rabbit (2023)

Singles and EPs

As WALL:

  • "Magazine" / "Over My Head" (2012), Black Cab Sessions
  • "Shoestring" (2013), Big Picnic

As Lyla Foy:

  • "Cinderella" (2008), Iffy Records
  • "Easy" / "Head Down" (2013), Sub Pop
  • "UMi" (2015), self-released

References

  1. ↑ "Lyla Foy Biography by Fred Thomas". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (5 October 2015). "Lyla Foy streaming 'UMi' EP, made a video, playing CMJ". BrooklynVegan.
  3. 1 2 Mulkerin, Andy (16 April 2014). "Lyla Foy weaves rhythmic pieces into a debut full-length". Pittsburgh City Paper.
  4. ↑ "NEW NOISE: LYLA FOY". Wonderland. 1 July 2014.
  5. ↑ SELING, MEGAN (14 July 2014). "Lyla Foy: Honeymoon". Rookie.
  6. 1 2 Cragg, Michael (4 April 2013). "New music: WALL – Shoestring". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ Geslani, Michelle (30 October 2013). "Lyla Foy (formerly WALL) signs to Sub Pop, streams enchanting new single "Easy"". Consequence.
  8. ↑ Cragg, Michael (30 October 2013). "Lyla Foy – Easy: New music". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Britton, Luke Morgan (30 October 2013). "WALL signs to Sub Pop, changes moniker to Lyla Foy". The Line of Best Fit.
  10. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (25 April 2014). "Through the looking glass: why Lyla Foy won't go Google-eyed". The Irish Times.
  11. ↑ "Lyla Foy: Mirrors The Sky". Sub Pop. 18 March 2014.
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