From: United Kingdom
Genre: Folk, Acoustic, Indie
Hailing from the East of England, Holly Lerski has been compared to Jeff Buckley and Sandy Denny. Coming to public attention in the late 1990s with her band Angelou, her music has featured in US CBS TV series 'Close To Home' and indie flick 'Fish Without A Bicycle'.
"Lerski's songs have a deft touch, and like her hero Jeff Buckley, an air of spiritual redemption" - Q Magazine
"Quietly brilliant folk-pop with a gorgeous voice." - The Sunday Times
"You'll be hard pressed to find sounds more achingly lovely" - Mojo
"There's an appealing bittersweet melancholy to her songs, especially on the outstanding 'Little Sister', a moving tribute to Jeff Buckley" - Uncut
"Outshines many of her contemporaries" - Classic Rock
"An emotive, acoustic-based collection of highly personal, folk-tinged songs" - Billboard
"One of the sweeter secrets of the late Nineties was Lerski's Angelou. Here she is again - her voice is still lovely, the lyrics observe every-day love through a poetic filter, the guitars swoop and jinglejangle. It's a proper record" - The Independent on Sunday
"Angelou come up trumps with an album of personal moments and contemplation...introspection rarely sounded stronger" - Folk Roots
"The best debut of it's kind since Eddi Reader's 'Mirmama'...indeed even The Sundays first effort 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic'" - The Independent
"An assured album that combines The Smiths' tunefulness and Jeff Buckley's angelic voice with shimmering guitars and brilliantly understated tunes. Those who loved The Sundays will find much to adore." - Red
"A delightfully fresh sounding album, with Holly's voice sounding superb over acoustic lead backing. Firefly' sounds like she's sitting in the room with you...if only! Give this one a listen" - Guitarist
"Voice of a resurrected sylph and the kudos of touring with acclaimed storyteller John Hiatt, a combination that, by rights, should see her sitting atop the charts within a week. That she probably won’t be speaks more for the parlous state of the industry than it does for the depth of talent at work here.' - Logo Magazine