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Polly Preacher was birthed in 2015, marrying "hooky melodies to a rich, atmospheric undercurrent" (Folk East)
She started making lo-fi bedroom recordings, which became the debut EP ‘The Bad Thing’ - sandwiching jangly pop in between freak-folk and acapella. She quickly began appearing on line-ups around the south-east, notably with the support of Antigen Records, who she started playing regularly on bills for – and opening for Rozi Plain, Jeffrey Lewis and Robyn Hitchcock.
Her next single Oh No, Oh Dear was hand-picked by Tom Robinson for BBC 6 Music Mixtape and received support from BBC Introducing. This was followed by a cover of The Cranberries’ When You’re Gone - which lead to an interview on BBC 1 News about the release. In Summer 2019 she gave a live BBC Introducing session with full band.
"Polly Preacher is wonky folk troubadour Ashleagh Hurren. Singer of wistful, idiosyncratic songs, imbued with otherworldly innocence and subliminal menace” - Antigen Records
"Bewitching electric folk" - Folk East
“Crepuscular and witty... There are a few shades of Kristen Hersh, perhaps even a little Lupen Crook, but for the most part a Polly Preacher song follows its own pattern" - Misfit City
"Definitely one of our favourite local acts in recent times."
- Colchester Arts Centre
She started making lo-fi bedroom recordings, which became the debut EP ‘The Bad Thing’ - sandwiching jangly pop in between freak-folk and acapella. She quickly began appearing on line-ups around the south-east, notably with the support of Antigen Records, who she started playing regularly on bills for – and opening for Rozi Plain, Jeffrey Lewis and Robyn Hitchcock.
Her next single Oh No, Oh Dear was hand-picked by Tom Robinson for BBC 6 Music Mixtape and received support from BBC Introducing. This was followed by a cover of The Cranberries’ When You’re Gone - which lead to an interview on BBC 1 News about the release. In Summer 2019 she gave a live BBC Introducing session with full band.
"Polly Preacher is wonky folk troubadour Ashleagh Hurren. Singer of wistful, idiosyncratic songs, imbued with otherworldly innocence and subliminal menace” - Antigen Records
"Bewitching electric folk" - Folk East
“Crepuscular and witty... There are a few shades of Kristen Hersh, perhaps even a little Lupen Crook, but for the most part a Polly Preacher song follows its own pattern" - Misfit City
"Definitely one of our favourite local acts in recent times."
- Colchester Arts Centre
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