“I first discovered Medium Build about a year ago whilst I was touring in the states. My tour manager Carl put on a song of his whilst we drove north up the Pacific Coast Highway and something about his intimate songwriting style and the beautiful scenery just felt very poignant and hit me in a different way. I felt like I understood him a bit and immediately reached out and asked him if he wanted to collaborate. I sent him my song Cocoon and although the lyrics were already written, he turned the second verse into a story of his own. His delivery of the words transformed the song into something that felt really magical and so I’ve decided to release our version.
Nick (Medium Build) later came to open for my UK & EU tour earlier this year and we performed it together during my show every night. He became such a great friend of mine which is why this version of Cocoon is very special to me. I can’t wait for everyone to hear it!” - Holly Humberstone
"Holly’s writing always makes the most benign things feel devastating. I love how she paints with her words and Cocoon is no different. “Now I’ve become a taxidermy version of myself” is such a fucking sick line and I get to sing it!!! Dream come true” - Medium Build
Award winning singer songwriter Holly Humberstone today releases reimagined versions of her favourite songs from critically acclaimed top 5 debut album Paint My Bedroom Black. Inviting friends and peers on her journey, the three track offering features the collaboration with US girl band MUNA for “Into You Room”, American singer songwriter Medium Build on “Cocoon” and “Antichrist” featuring folk-pop group Tiny Habits . Medium Build supported Holly on her run of sold-out UK and European dates, culminating at Eventim Apollo earlier this year. This summer the Grantham born artist will be on the road in North America, with sold-out dates across Nashville, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with an appearance at All Things Go Festival on 28 September, alongside Janelle Monáe and Renee Rapp. In the UK, Holly will join Kings Of Leon at Bristol stadium Ashton Gate, supporting them for a one off special show for 30,000 fans on 23 June.
Earlier this year, Holly released collaborations with d4vd on “Superbloodmoon” and Del Water Gap on “Cigarettes And Wine”, and the work in progress EP, a collection of four tracks from uncut demos that represent older versions of herself “mixed up with present versions of me”. Holly continuously bares her soul with her open and instinctive songwriting and storytelling. The Work In Progress EP is a stream of consciousness for fans, with lead single “Down Swinging” a constant reminder to push through the bad days. Written with long-time collaborator Rob Milton and songwriter Ben Leftwich, Work In Progress includes a new collaboration with Flyte’s Will Taylor and producer Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Dijon, Bon Iver).
The BRIT and IVOR NOVELLO nominated singer and songwriter began her biggest UK and Ireland tour to date last week week, headlining seven venues including sold-out The Albert Hall in Manchester and sold-out London’s Eventim Apollo. Having already spent the start of 2024 touring in Australia and Japan, this summer the Grantham born artist will head to North America for a 17-date tour, headlining two shows at Brooklyn Steel on 11 and 12 May. This follows the release of her critically acclaimed debut album, Paint My Bedroom Black, which represents Holly’s coming of age story; growing from an unknown singer at her parent’s piano to one of the most exciting alternative pop stars of her generation. The dark and otherworldly space Holly has built and invited fans into, both sonically and visually, has been lucid and visceral and offers a lens into her chaotic thoughts and deep feelings.
With a talent for capturing and characterising moments that are both uncomfortably intimate and brutally revealing in her songwriting and creative – most of Holly’s 2022 was spent in hotel rooms, stuck between places, watching life from afar rather than being totally present in it. Lacking real connections and missing loved ones, Holly’s debut album portrayed a songwriter at a moment of huge change. Paint My Bedroom Black features triumphant singles “Into You Room”, “Kissing In Swimming Pools”, described by The Sunday Times as portraying “empathy, insight and unblinking candour”, to the sublime “Superbloodmoon” featuring d4vd. As well as “Antichrist” and “Room Service”, the double A-Side singles that reflect Holly’s introspection and extraversion, two opposing artistic multitudes that inform Holly’s lyricism and sound. “I feel like two different people half the time. My biggest challenge is always to make something I feel I haven't done before, that reflects new parts of me”.
Always inspired by her environment and how that affects her sense of self and identity, from her parent’s Haunted House to flatshares in London with The Walls Are Way To Thin, Holly Humberstone has become an important voice for her generation, capturing the hearts and minds of fans globally through her emotive songwriting and storytelling. Humberstone’s debut 2020 EP, Falling Asleep At The Wheel, and 2022 follow up EP, Can You Afford To Lose Me?, earned Holly a loyal fanbase thanks to her raw, unfiltered, confessional songwriting.
Holly has appeared on Late Night With Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show with James Corden while also playing her Matty Healy co-written song “Sleep Tight” for Vevo Live. Recently performing “Into You Room” and “Kissing In Swimming Pool” for Amazon CURVED and covering Frank Ocean’s Ivy for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month, Holly creates a brutally honest intimacy whether she’s playing in a room to 50 people or headlining festival stages (Barn On The Farm) and playing to tens of thousands of people at Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.
USA Headline Tour Dates:
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall
Friday, May 17, 2024 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Café
Monday, May 20, 2024 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA - The Bellwether
Saturday, May 25, 2024 - Napa, CA - BottleRock
Monday, May 27, 2024 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
