NEHH Presents… Carla J. Easton

Carla J. Easton is an award-nominated singer-songwriter, releasing three critically-acclaimed albums, writing for TeenCanteen, Belle & Sebastian, BMX Bandit, Hen Hoose and National Theatre Scotland. Championed by BBC6 Music, she has performed at festivals across the UK and internationally (SXSW, Pop Montreal, The Great Escape, Celtic Connections, Indiefjord and Pop Cologne) touring the UK with Camera Obscura, The Vaselines and Aidan Moffat.

In 2018, she released the SAY Award shortlisted Impossible Stuff, produced by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire/British Sea Power/Leonard Cohen) which featured singles that achieved Record of the Day, Guardian Track of the Week and BBC Scotland Single of the Week.

Her third album WEIRDO was released in 2020: ‘All volume needles buried in the red, glitter bursting from every chorus’ (Bandcamp Daily). The Line of Best Fit praised its ‘maximalist’ tendencies, while hinting that Scotland has found its own answer to pop titans Carly Rae Jepsen and Taylor Swift. Pitchfork hailed it ‘bubblegum pop [with] the scrappy glamour of a homemade
theatrical production’.

Her latest project Poster Paints formed with Simon Liddell (Frightened Rabbit) during 2020. Their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album was released by Ernest Jennings October 2022.

Support will come from Annie Booth, an Edinburgh-based artist with a penchant for mood-painting and storytelling. A fiercely emotive modern-folk singer, performer and songwriter, she holds a unique voice in Scotland, bridging genre and influence. Featured by Guy Garvey (Elbow), Gideon Coe (BBC Radio 6), BBC Radio Scotland and Amazing Radio. Longlisted for a Scottish Album of the Year Award (2022.)