The Leeds Gig Guide

Band Biography for Louise Distras:

" A Yorkshire cousin to Mumford & Sons, Ben Marwood, Frank Turner and Laura Marling, we could be hearing a female 21st century Joe Strummer with the ability to declare even the most casual of lines as if it's the most essential statement a musician can make.
Uplifting music, stripped of commercial or gimmicky, tired hooks which surround the music scene, this music is unapologetic in it's traditional beauty. This woman knows her way around 6 strings."
SHATTERED GLASS MEDIA


"Who needs Brody Dalle when you have Louise Distras?
When we think of some of the most successful and influential singer-songwriters of recent years,we will often remind ourselves of softly-voiced angels sharing blissful, heart-hugging songs.
Be warned now; Louise Distras has arrived to ruthlessly shatter such stereotypes.
Her songs are competently constructed and delivered with astounding power, proving that she possesses the qualities to rise above the average aspiring artist.
It is quite conceivable that Distras could become the next Frank Turner."
ROOM THIRTEEN

"Her voice spits out mini-dramas and oscillates from raw to tender, - her guitar playing - powerfully commanding to consequential nostalgia. Lyrically she is a critical essayist, the mouthy narrators perspective laced with vitriol and heartfelt emotion the same. Just because you haven’t heard of her don’t go believing she’s a new arrival with nothing to offer. That is the arrogant assumption I made (and I should know better) when Louise Distras first came to my attention. Further investigation revealed her to be much hyped and knee deep in so much critical acclaim it probably makes her bleed from the inside out. And who the fuck’s Brody Dalle anyway? SUBBA-CULTCHA

"Louise has been likened to Brody Dalle and Courtney Love, but it wont be long before
other solo performers are being compared to her.
This is a top class EP and Wakefield has something to be proud of in Louise Distras. 9/10"
PUNK NEWS


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