Austel

On her return as Austel, Devon-born, London-based artist Annie Rew Shaw treads a different path from the one that saw her receive widespread plaudits for the delicate, luscious piano songs of her 2024 debut album Dead Sea. Following years as a session musician ? performing at festivals such as Glastonbury and touring the UK ? Austel?s 2018 debut EP earned praise from BBC 6 Music and The Line of Best Fit, with her 2020 follow-up Cold Love gaining further support from Fresh on the Net, O2 Music and BBC Introducing. In 2024, she released her debut album Dead Sea, a dreamy exploration of loss, recovery and transformation. Self-produced and featuring collaborations with Grammy Award-winning engineer Guy Massey, the record marked a milestone after seven years of artistic development. Now exploring the folkier intimacies of the guitar for music that?s also in conversation with the field recordings of Jon Hopkins & King Creosote, Adrianne Lenker and Cassandra Jenkins, Austel is developing a very personal sound that she still manages to make feel spacious and open. 'Warm and intimate' - Under The Radar 'A gentle piece of folk-adjacent introspection...' - CLASH ?Opiate and intangible? think Buckley?s Song To The Siren? - Fresh On The Net