Lou Hayter - Unfamiliar Skin

Released: 08/11/24

I'm really excited to be releasing my second album Unfamiliar Skin'. It's a very personal album to me because I produced, performed and wrote it myself. It felt important for me to do this as only a small percentage of producers are women so I set myself the challenge. The title reflects the new feeling of this role but also has a dual meaning about why the enticing pull of the unfamiliar in relationships can lead to affairs, that's what the title track is about. I stepped away from my first album a little bit sonically and took inspiration from space-age r&b in the early 2000's, the sound of Compass Point studios and electronic soul were also a huge influence for me. I have a magpie approach to music in that I'm always looking for something I haven't heard before that is shiny and exciting to my ears: if it doesn't have magic in it I won't use it. I made my own world in this record, I'm proud of it and I think it sounds quite unique.