Holly Jazz Lowe must know what it’s like to have everything taken away from you at the last minute. She was signed to Mercury Records when she was just 17. They were meant to release her debut album but at the last minute someone pulled the plug and it never happened. Now, six years later and under the moniker Like A Thief, Lowe is ready to unleash her musical compositions onto the world.
The next you'll hear about her is The Hours We Kept, her second single, an uptempo, piano-led number that bops along with spritely steps. Jazzy breakdowns in the background merging with a more poppy, melodramatic tune with more indie sensibilities.
Fiercely independent – no doubt a result of her experiences with a major label – the Scarborough-born artist will release her next single through Stonetrax. Over a jilting rhythm Lowe’s husky voice evokes the ever changing nature of the world, while asserting her – both in real life and within the song – as a confident, assertive woman who knows what she wants and how, after disappointments in the past, how to go about getting it.
4:52 PM | 25/04/2008
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Holly rocks! Great tunes - and a dab-hand at the banter, when she plays live. Catch her if you can - its worth it.
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Posted by DaveM at 3:42 PM | 28/04/2008 | Report Abuse
Having seen her live, I can totally reccomend you buy the album, Like a Thief rock my world!
Posted by Joey at 4:27 PM | 28/04/2008 | Report Abuse
I loved Cartography Song, can't wait for this next single
Posted by Johann at 10:39 AM | 29/04/2008 | Report Abuse
This is good stuff, seen her live several times now and the story patter is brilliant, almost as good as the songs.
Posted by Peter at 1:47 PM | 30/04/2008 | Report Abuse
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