LUCY KITCHEN

IN THE LOW LIGHT

THE NEW ALBUM OUT NOW

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“A story of love, loss, grief and magical thinking told in 11 new songs, most of them slow to mid-tempo, all of them beautiful" 4 Stars MOJO

“Her fortitude is inspiring, as is her artistry: songs of suffering have rarely sounded so uplifting.”

4 Stars Louder Than War

"Profoundly personal yet universally resonant...a quietly beautiful meditation on mortality."

 4 Stars Shindig Magazine

“A superbly calibrated heartbreaker.” The Arts Desk

"Lucy Kitchen strikes a remarkable balance between darkness and light, unflinching in its grief yet quietly alive with hope."  KLOF

"Immaculate." 4 Stars Songlines Magazine

“Utterly beguiling” – CLASH

British singer-songwriter Lucy Kitchen releases her new studio album In The Low Light via Bohemia Rose Records/Make My Day Records.

The acclaimed folk artist is back and more dynamic than ever with In the Low Light - a beautiful collection shaped by personal loss and quiet resilience. Blending hypnotic folk with subtle threads of Americana and the timeless spirit of 1970s singer-songwriters, the album marks a deeply personal chapter in Lucy’s life.

Written in the wake of her husband’s death in October 2022 the record explores themes of loss, grief, memory, and transformation. Yet within its sorrow, there are glimpses of joy, gratitude, and rediscovery. For Lucy, the act of creating became a lifeline; a way to process pain, honour love, and slowly reassemble herself through music.

“A lot of it was written in the run up to and aftermath of my husband Stephen’s death from cancer,” explains Lucy. “Some of these songs began as tiny poems I started writing as a way of capturing thoughts and feelings with no intention or pressure to turn them into songs… but over time some of them found their melody.”

“For me, making this album was actually an incredibly life affirming, quite joyful experience. I’m interested in exploring the idea of rebirth through creativity - coming back to ourselves through our art and making something beautiful out of something hard.”

Lucy Kitchen’s mastery of folk music is on full display across these eleven songs; the haunting album opener ‘Winter King’ is about yearning for someone, using chilling imagery as a powerful metaphor, while later track ‘The Boatman’ expresses a resistance often found in traditional folk music. Of the latter, Lucy notes: ‘I like how it’s a grief song but also feels defiant in the face of death.’ While inspired by vivid dreams, ‘Milk & Honey’ is a slow, romantic sway, ‘wishing for things to be different, simpler, uncomplicated but knowing that you can’t have that and how you come to terms with accepting that,’ explains Lucy.

Other songs, such as ‘The Ways We Were’ and ‘Chemo Song,’ are more unflinching in their sorrow, stripped back and deeply affecting. ‘The Ways We Were’ recorded with Jon Thorne on double bass, reflects on the disorienting passage of time after loss, capturing the feeling of life slipping through your fingers. ‘Chemo Song,’ written during the final stages of Stephen’s first round of chemotherapy, evokes a suspended reality. “It felt like we were shut off in our own little world, like something out of a fairy tale. It was like everything was paused and we were just waiting for Spring,” Both tracks are profoundly moving, carried by raw, intimate vocal performances, whilst the production remains understated, never overpowering to allow the lyrics and Lucy’s vocals to speak with clarity and grace.

But for all its weight, life also has its highlights, balanced out with tracks like the jazz-tinged ‘Sunny Days’ - ‘I liked the idea of the lightness in this song, bringing something else to the record so it wasn’t all just about death and grief and loss,’ the country shuffle of ‘Red Skies’ and the uplifting hopeful air of ‘Olivia’, where helping a friend feels impossible, but you can offer time, an ear and a bottle of wine.

Grief is a given of being human, yet acceptance of it is equally as important; ‘In My Corner’ addresses the loss of your biggest cheerleader whilst still looking forward, and bringing all these themes together is album closer ‘September’s Come,’ a gorgeous lament of just vocals and guitar in which Lucy seeks to reclaim September, once her favourite time of year, but now deeply marked by the passing of her husband. It’s this navigation between grief’s overwhelming presence and the quiet act of returning to life that gives the album its sense of hope. For Lucy grief isn’t a process, more of an unravelling and re-building that goes in circles.

“Making this album re-built me more than anything else” says Lucy. “From the moment we started recording I just felt this pure excitement to be creating something new with these amazing musicians. I think when you're recording you embody the music and everything else falls away so for me it just felt like magic. I felt like it brought me back to myself and what I love to do.”

“I can't wait for everyone to hear the album” she concludes. “We all lose things throughout our lives through death, endings, leavings and I hope people find their own stories within these songs and connect with the idea that we can make beautiful things out of these events, and still move forward with our dreams.”

About Lucy:

Lucy Kitchen is a British folk singer-songwriter based in Romsey, Hampshire. Her songs explore profound concepts of grief and loss, drawing inspiration from lyrical poets, nature, the seasons and the art of creating beauty out of difficulty.

With two previous albums released on her own Bohemia Rose Records, 2014 debut offering ‘Waking’ and the sophomore ‘Sun To My Moon’ in 2017, Lucy has also made recent contributions to RE:WARM Records' ‘Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Vol. 2’ and ‘Sounds of Southampton Vol. 3’, She released ‘The Stabal Sessions’ EP in 2023, a sonic tapestry of melancholic melodies and personal storytelling.

Combined with her evocative voice and emotive songwriting, she continues to captivate audiences both in the UK and internationally. She has garnered significant radio support including BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio USA, and Radio X. Lucy’s versatility has made her highly sought after for collaborations, particularly with electronic music acts, resulting in multiple features on BBC Radio 1 and more recent plays include BBC Radio 2 and BBC London.

‘In The Low Light’ features: 

Tali Trow - Guitars, banjo, piano, mellotron, backing vocals (& co-producer)

Jon Thorne - Double bass

Pat Kenneally - Drums

Michael Davies - Pedal Steel

Peter Mojzeš - Strings 

Sam Ehret-Pickett - brass (on Blue Light)

Catch Lucy on tour at the following:

Mar 01 - Heartbreakers, Southampton

Mar 05 - Patch Bournemouth, Bournemouth

Mar 06 - The Brunswick, Hove

Mar 12 - Café #9, Sheffield

Mar 14 - Music Room London, London

Tickets: Lucy Kitchen Concerts & Live Tour Dates: 2026-2027 Tickets | Bandsintown

‘IN THE LOW LIGHT’ IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW, LISTEN HERE.

ALL ONLINE LINKS FOR LUCY KITCHEN CAN BE FOUND ON HER LINKTREE