lots of hands
Newcastle duo folding lo-fi indie folk into ambient electronics
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Slow-to-midtempo songs pair acoustic and electric guitar with sparse drum programming, synth haze and softly layered vocals. Live, the duo's bedroom-scale writing expands through guitars, synths and a fuller band, letting intimate passages break into digital distortion and heavier peaks.
More about lots of hands
Billy Woodhouse began lots of hands as a solo ambient DIY-rock outlet before meeting Elliot Dryden on a music course in Newcastle; they later exchanged demos remotely for the project's early records. After three self-released albums and cassette editions through small DIY labels, they joined Fire Talk, whose Angel Tapes imprint reissued the back catalogue before the duo made 2025's fully collaborative into a pretty room.
A story
They chipped away at into a pretty room in Woodhouse's bedroom studio between pints of beer and rounds of Fortnite.
Playing
- 2026-11-05 · Pitchfork Avant-Garde · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires
Labels
Start here
- grapevine (2026) · Fire Talk
Sparse drums and a circling guitar loop reconnect their folk and lo-fi sides. - into a pretty room (2025) · Fire Talk
The clearest meeting point between intimate songwriting, electronics and full-band dynamics. - mistake (2020)
The fragile early recording that brought their bedroom catalogue a wider audience.
Worked with
- Billy Woodhouse band member, vocalist, guitarist and producer
- Elliot Dryden band member, vocalist, guitarist and lyricist
- mage tears featured on in b tween
For fans of
Duster, Alex G, Elliott Smith, The Microphones, HovvdyOfficial links
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