lots of hands

Glitchy, fuzz-flecked folktronica that merges the duo's innate songwriting chops with a lo-fi sensibility that just wriggles its way into our hearts - bit tip for anyone with a Sparklehorse-shaped hole in their lives.

A collage of reworked demos, freewheeling session standouts, and swatches of instrumental electronics, 'into a pretty room' offers a touching rumination of grief and loss, growing up and letting go. Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden, the core duo behind lots of hands, first connected in a Newcastle school music program at age 16.

'into a pretty room' marks the duo’s first truly collaborative effort, with Dryden often trekking the vast northern English countryside to write and record in Woodhouse’s bedroom studio. Between pints of beer and rounds of Fortnite, the two slowly chipped away at 'into a pretty room'. Newly relocated from Leeds to their current base of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, lots of hands is anchored by the duo’s friendship, which emanates across the album’s 14 tracks.