Spotlight: 15 for 2015 ‘Ones To Watch’ – Lapsley

Regular Stagedoor FM readers should be well up-to-speed about Lapsley now, the young Liverpudlian musician (real name Holly Lapsley Fletcher), whose dent on the scene has been pretty extraordinary over the past twelve months.

Whilst not her debut release, her most prolific cut Station sent blogs and the industry-alike into a spin following its unveiling toward the turn of the year, and things seemed to go better and better for the young artist as 2014 continued. Much of this rise could undoubtedly be thanks to the praise BBC Radio 1 provided Lapsley with, in particular the likes of Phil Taggart and Alice Levine, alongside Annie Mac – the latter whom debuted Lapsley’s Falling Short as part of her Annie Mac Presents compilation in November.

Whilst many of the bedroom-producers amongst her generational-peers may be driving clearer foci toward electronica and house, Lapsley’s sublime musicianship and craft towards more ambient/lo-fi sounds makes her someone whom we strongly believe will be standing out from the crowd for a long while to come. The rest of the industry’s support is thoroughly behind her too, having recently signed to XL Records (who are in-tow gearing up for the release of her debut EP Understudy at the start of 2015).

With some intensely-clever vocal manipulation, and soft (yet impactful) vocals in the mix, hopping on at Lapsley Station may well have been toward the start of her career, but that journey is no-where near over.