Lake Ruth

NYC's Lake Ruth was formed in 2015 by multi-instrumentalist Hewson Chen of The New Lines, drummer Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck, Enon ) and vocalist Allison Brice (The Eighteenth Day Of May, The Silver Abduction).

Their debut LP, Actual Entity, came out in 2016 on The Great Pop Supplement. A second album, Birds of America, was released in 2018 on Feral Child. The group has also released numerous singles, and two EPs, 2017's Intervention, Displacement and Return (with frequent collaborator Listening Center) and 2020's Crying Everyone Else's Tears. Their third full-length LP, Hawking Radiation will be out on June 6th, 2025.

Press:

"Explores all manner of 1960's baroque psychedelia... gorgeous and bewitching." - Brooklyn Vegan

"Like The Chills backing Dusty Springfield or maybe Nancy Sinatra for a Bond film." - The Big Takeover

"Bullseyes are hit with effortless frequency and such heady quality - resulting in aural creations of unerring beauty." Shindig! Magazine

"A spectacular trio...adopting the templates of bands like Stereolab and Broadcast while subverting them into their own unique shapes." - Post Trash