Outliers (Jenny Sturgeon & Boo Hewerdine) - Outliers [Hudson] [Folktronica]
- The Slow Music Movement
- Feb 11, 2024
- 1 min read
Presumably spawned during the age of virus lockdowns, this is a fine LP of singer songwriter craft, field recordings & folktronica fancy. With its origins in online, hour long weekly brainstorming sessions between Jenny Sturgeon & Boo Hewerdine, that were then fermented in solo headspace away from studio pressures; the result is a synergistic meeting of minds, technology & age old tradition, not to mention a lovely, mellow, free flowing alt-folk listen.
Further Reading
Created between their homes in Glasgow and Shetland during 2020/21, Outliers came to signify an outlet which renowned songwriters Boo Hewerdine and Jenny Sturgeon would never have had the chance to explore otherwise. Meeting up online for an hour every week gave them an opportunity to write songs in a way they’d not done before. Recording at home and sending melodies, sounds, ideas to each other provided the space and time to experiment outside of a usual studio setting. The evolution and method of creating this music led them to settle on the name Outliers.
