Keeley Forsyth is a composer, singer and actor from Oldham in the north-west of England. Built upon sparse arrangements, Forsyth’s music is centred around a singular, emotionally raw and magnetic vocal delivery, by turns devastating and uplifting. The characters who populate her songs tell stories of the high and low tides; of freedom and entrapment, of hard-won triumphs and the darker corners of domestic life. Over the last years Keeley has built a reputation for dramatically captivating live performances reflecting her interests in contemporary theatre, dance and movement.
Keeley’s third album “The Hollow” will be released on May 10th 2024 (FatCat / 130701) and premiered at this year’s Rewire Festival in The Hague, with a live A/V show at Grote Kerk with visuals by director and video artist Netia Jones. Other 2024 dates include at London’s ICA, Berlin’s Pop Kultur and Warsaw’s Ephemera Festival.
“Nobody else is making music – so spectral, elegant and bruised – quite like this”
– Loud & Quiet
“Keeley Forsyth is a world builder”
– The Quietus
“Her voice is a spectacular thing: a cut-glass vibrato that brings to mind ANOHNI, or the unearthly tremble of late-period Scott Walker”
– Pitchfork