[Cover photo credit to Luis Vidal]

London-based Producer and singer/songwriter Liza Lo has announced details of her debut album Familiar. Following several singles, the album is due to arrive on the 31st of January 2025 via Gearbox Records, home to Binker & Moses, Thiago Nassif, Levitation Orchestra, Graham Costello and more.

To mark the announcement of the album, Liza Lo has shared a new single titled “Catch The Door”.

Speaking on the single, she says:

Life brings conflict, sometimes only one person finds the solution for it. ‘Catch The Door’ is written as a metaphor for this.

Lo has recently completed a sold-out EU / UK tour with Australian Indie-Folk songwriter Harrison Storm as well as a more recent run of UK dates headlining and in support of Steph Strings and Vraell. The album follows her self-released Flourish EP.

Recorded at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13, with her band and Jon Kelly (Kate Bush / Paul McCartney), the album sees Liza touch on “everything from the loss of a friend to a brain injury, to moving away from her home in Europe, to the many subtle intricacies that come with modern day relationships.”

Speaking on the album, Liza says:

The name Familiar reflects this element of going back to records I grew up listening to, this way of recording that makes music feel familiar and a way that brought my creative process close to what Jon, my mentor and co-producer on this record, is a master in too. I also wanted the word to tie in with the stories I was telling, the intimacy of family, the tales of romantic love in my life, but also the inevitable loss that comes with living and how to manage that. All these feelings we come across recurrently in life, from losing a friend, to falling out of touch with yourself and others, to the beauty of falling in love.

Following the release of Familiar, Liza plans to once again head out on tour across the UK.

But for now, she introduces the album:

This is Familiar, something to listen to when you’re looking to ground, settle, or relate.