«My heart’s in the Highlands»
could be the key to comprehend what Louise Thomas’s music is about. It is the story of a heart that belongs to isolated places, confined in the mountains in order to shape a pure and intimate sound coming from the heights. The proximity with rugged landscapes and cold climate explains the junction between sweet melancholia and roughness in her songs.
Originally from Britanny, Louise Thomas is a self-produced artist making her debut in the Indie-Folk scene. She taught herself the guitar by playing Alela Diane and Bob Dylan’s songs.
Influenced by artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Dolores O’Riordan, she naturally chose to sing her own music in english and quickly swap the acoustic guitar for the electric. She started to write her first album “Samovar” when living in Scotland where she regularly returns to find inspiration.
“Samovar” is about boiling from the inside for too long and having to spill it out with fragility and character. Her songs are like a collection of photographs evoking the difficulties of long distance relationships, the rage from being treated with scorn while working as a waitress or the importance of family love and the beauty of ordinary life.
