Theo Bleak, Scotland On Sunday, 29 September 2024
Theo Bleak | Dragon Soop Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 29 September 2024
Dundee-based musician Theo Bleak has just been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year award for her debut EP Pain write Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss read on Scotsman.com
Theo Bleak is the musical vehicle of Dundee-based musician, producer and composer, Katie Lynch, who passed up a place at medical school to focus on songwriting. As a teenager she had a keen interest in classical music but started to branch out with her school friend Mark Johnston, with whom she still works to this day.
Theo Bleak’s debut LP, titled Pain, was released on Halloween 2023 and has just been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award, garnering airplay BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 6 Music, as well as media coverage in the US.
The fanbase has been further expanded with a collaboration with The Twilight Sad on the single Don’t Borrow Grief From Later, a sync on BBC 3 series Dinosaur and support slots including Noel Gallagher, Suede, Joesef, Etta Marcus and The Snuts.
On the 11 October Theo Bleak’s get their first ever vinyl release– the AA single In My House and Like A Thorn – which will be accompanied by in-store performances at Assai Records in Dundee and Edinburgh the same day, then Glasgow on 12 October. These will be followed by a King Tut’s headliner show on 19 December. see https://linktr.ee/theobleak
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