Lucy Mellenfield began self-releasing music while studying at the University of Southampton, before moving to Birmingham to continue her studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Jazz Voice. Raised in Hertfordshire, she now resides in the West Midlands, and has just released her stunning debut album Tell The Water, She Will Listen with Birmingham’s Stoney Lane Records – a poignant and original studio recording drawing on fragility, love, loss and the turmoil of society over the last five years. (4 stars – MOJO)

Produced by Chris Hyson (Snowpoet, Jordan Rakei), the album draws on jazz, folk, interweaving improvisation and folk melodies, with immersive soundscapes and vivid lyric writing. ‘Mellenfield’s voice is a remarkable instrument; not only can she hit those elusive high notes, she can tell a tale in the same register, before plunging dramatically down to earth’ (The Observer). Tracks have been played on BBC Radio 3 ‘Round Midnight with Soweto Kinch, as well as BBC Introducing in the West Midlands.

The album is released following Lucy’s first full UK tour with her band last summer, taking in London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton and Brighton, alongside festival highlights spanning the Cheltenham Jazz Festival to HowTheLightGetsIn. Weaved meticulously throughout an adventurous sonic landscape, featuring keyboards, guitars, saxophones, drums, bass, Lucy’s writing on the record captures some of the deepest emotions and marked experiences from her life in recent years. ‘An achingly honest listen’ (Songlines)

“A rare talent has announced itself” – The Sun (4 stars)

“An adventurous debut” – The Observer (Top 4 Albums of the week)

“A doleful epic” – Soweto Kinch BBC Radio 3