Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys

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" A South African, Berlin hybrid of pop noire and grungy folk "

Lucy Kruger manifests her desires and investigation of self-identity through her pensive and eerie, gothic noir pop, and haunting rock & roll. The South African, who relocated to Berlin in 2018, along with her supporting cast of musicians dug out a haunting portal in the musical world with the ‘Tapes’ trilogy; a series of chilling and austere folk-gaze records. With evocative storytelling and introspective songwriting, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys have garnered widespread acclaim with music that transports listeners to ethereal landscapes, where raw emotions intertwine with poetic introspection. The ambient noise music is spine-tingling, with an expressive and self-driven narrative delivered in a lo-fi, coldwave gaze. With her own body itself often a recurring subject matter central to her songs, the music itself becomes deep, tender, and personal.

Speaking to 15 Questions, Kruger describes her approach to music as being an attempt “to touch the inbetween – the strange, tender, sometimes unseen, but often shared experiences.” It’s an approach that is carried across all her detached, acoustic storytelling. With each record, more colour and depth inhabits the neo-poetic world of Kruger and her merry-band of crooners, yet across all of her records is this same level of contemplation, drama, and fantasy. From searing distorted guitars, to electronic, acoustic and classical landscapes, Kruger moulds different musical worlds to fit each and every story perfectly, always working to push the emotional to the maximum. Her self-identity becomes a self-expression, touching, heartfelt and rare to the soul.

To discover more about Lucy Kruger, who is receiving Europavox’s Spotlight Prize, watch this interview :