Jo Hill

‘West coast sounds through a west country lens’, is how Jo Hill articulates the sensuous, sun-dappled spot of indie she’s been busy making. It’s stepping into a So-Cal sunset, radiating with the afterglow of Glastonbury – and the mud still caked on your boots. The Cheddar-born singer and songwriter recently swapped her wellies and Somerset home for cowboy boots, thrift shop wedding dresses, and Venice Beach Boulevard with Delilah Montagu, where they raucously performed their duet “OTHER GIRL” for passersby. It’s a Thelma and Louise meets Runaway Bride moment, and a flash of Jo’s joyful and horizon-hopping creative world.

Down At The Res is Jo’s debut EP, a radiant introduction to a sound that stirs the butterflies in the belly of a summer that feels made to last forever – late nights and cider pints in Cheddar, bike rides and blowouts. The five-track EP was produced in her bedroom and those of her collaborators’ – Delilah, havelock, boyfriend Benjy – and thrums intensely with that DIY spirit. It opens with the tune that started it all: “HONEYMOON”, which broke over 1 million Spotify streams since its self-release in April. The track blossoms with Jo’s decorous vocals, awash with Rumors-era Fleetwood Mac sonics – glowing synths, grooving basslines, shimmering percussion. Jo and Benjy made the track while hunkering down in a cottage in rural Wales.