Beth Jeans Houghton: Momentum
‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’ introduced the world to Beth Jeans Houghton, a pop polymath whose blend of psychedelia, glam rock and chain gang folk is quite unlike anything else. Like her utterly unique stage outfits, it’s made from disparate individual elements that wouldn’t work on paper, but sing out like a holy choir in the execution. Dodecahedron was featured in the Radio 1 BBC Introducing playlist, and the album was enthusiastically received by the press, with The Observer describing her as “a ferocious talent” while the Daily Mirror said “She is a star in the making and her musical reach is large”
Having initially recorded her debut album without a record deal to ensure complete creative control, Beth joined Mute for recordings, label and management and is currently working on the follow up, set for release later this year.
The grant will fund the recording, production and the mixing of Beth’s second album, contributing towards studio time, engineering and mixing costs with her producer.