Over the years E. R. Thorpe has shaped her own evocative sound. Sometimes wilfully naive, sometimes considered and precise- her choice of chords is particular and unusual and her finger- picking weaves a strange atmosphere. And like those who inspire her- Nick Cave, Patti Smith, William Blake, she loves to muse on nature & religion: God, the devil, good and evil, and like the Pre Raphaelite-Brotherhood she tries to tell it like it is – to reveal both the beauty and the devastation of life.

Her home is nestled in the Nottinghamshire countryside, and this is where she writes her music, and raises her children. Her love of photography helps to bond theses influences, bringing a cinematic detail and sound to all she does. You wouldn't think that it took years for Thorpe to accept her own arresting voice and lyrical vision. Time well spent in distillation perhaps: This is music that is close to the source. Hers are songs, born of tradition, alive in the present day, revealing & fragile, executed spare and sharp.

Her debut EP, Guided by the Sea (Came Death) came out on November 16th, 2023.