Ecclesiastical and intimate, Gooch’s music resides somewhere between meditative flow and classical arrangement, recalling incantatory chanting as much as folk songwriting. Her looping vocals and evolving ambient electronics draw you in and invite you to listen more closely — harmonized vocal layers spin in place while she solos on top of them; buzzing organ tones lend a liturgical atmosphere with an almost imperceptible hint of serration in their edges. Behind this reverberated tapestry are worlds of soundtrack ambience and classical song construction. Lucy has punctuated recent years with live performances at festivals like Glastonbury, SXSW, Rewire and Green Man, and she makes this appearance at Cafe Oto with new work that builds on her previous releases 2020’s ‘Rushing’ EP and 2021’s ‘Rain’s Break’.
https://lucygooch.bandcamp.com/
“Using her voice, a synthesizer, some reverb, and little else, Lucy Gooch makes music of surprising complexity.” – Pitchfork
“Gooch's voice is rich and angelic, matching the timbre of the lush surrounding instrumentation.” – Bandcamp, best Ambient Albums review
“Somehow extremely dramatic but elegantly understated.” – Loud And Quiet
