lots of hands

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lots of hands — the Newcastle duo of Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden — unveil their new single, “backseat 30,” taken from into a pretty room, their forthcoming album and debut for Fire Talk out January 17th, 2025.

Following years of writing and recording remotely, into a pretty room presents lots of hands' first proper collaborations, with Dryden trekking the vast north England countryside to write and record in Woodhouse?s bedroom studio. “backseat 30” marks the first joint venture produced in these sessions, and is the most immediate song in their discography to-date. “I don't wanna waste my life up,” Woodhouse sings atop twangy and kinetic instrumentation, “hitting the backseat 30, talking with the dogs and the birdies, getting my nails all dirty.” Transforming youthful anxieties into an explosive anthem, “backseat 30” continues
 the bildungsroman mined on last month?s “game of zeroes” single, which was released to praise from Pitchfork, Under the Radar, So Young, Brooklyn Vegan and more.

into a pretty room exists in the tear-stained early mornings of adolescence, just as the sun makes its first appearance over the horizon and thoughts of the night before begin to subside. Solemn yet hopeful, into a pretty room occupies the space between moments of tragedy and triumph, offering a touching rumination on grief and loss, growing up and letting go. The result is lots of hands' most thoughtful work to-date, collaging reworked demos, freewheeling session standouts, and swatches of instrumental electronics. lots of hands is anchored by the duo's friendship, with Woodhouse and Dryden first connecting in a Newcastle school music program at age 16. At that point, Woodhouse had been tinkering with lots of hands as a solo musical outlet, until Dryden properly joined in 2020. Due to global circumstances outside of anyone's purview, the two began work on lots of hands remotely, exchanging demos online to craft what would become 2021's largely instrumental there's someone in this room just like you, and 2023's cult favorite mistake. Newly relocated from Leeds to their current base of Newcastle upon Tyne, into a pretty room was crafted between pints of beer and rounds of Fortnite.

While conceived across painful moments of growth and grief, into a pretty room is a decidedly hopeful effort, crafted between two friends who have spent the better part of the last decade supporting each other through life's challenges.