Novo Amor is Ali Lacey. He lives in Cardiff, in a house that's part-home, part-studio, a place where the distant chatter of a party across the street, Bonfire Night fireworks and the seagulls that congregate on the building site next door bleed into his recordings.

He began Novo Amor as a project of sorts -- an act of defiance in the wake of a break-up, but along the way, quite unexpectedly, he found something rich and rewarding. Years ago, a summer spent by an evergreen-surrounded lake in upstate New York supplied both the impetus and imagery that he would use to craft his debut album Birthplace (2018). And in the wake of the release of his second album, 'Cannot Be, Whatsoever,' Lacey contemplates a past soundtracked by songs of quiet hope and longing. "I can still see the lake upstate when I picture 'Birthplace' the songs sheltered by this place I've romanticised, that doesn't actually exist anymore. These new songs feel immediate and noisy in comparison, almost optimistic. If 'Birthplace' is the countryside, then 'Cannot Be, Whatsoever' is the city."

Annika Bennett is a Los Angeles based singer, songwriter and producer, who in early 2021 was quickly signed to Scott Harris' publishing company, Superreal, within her first months of arriving in LA. She has written for the likes of gnash, Goody Grace, Ashley Kutcher, Christian French, Walk Off The Earth, Lexi Jayde, Catie Turner, Katelyn Tarver, Cigarettes After Sex and more. Along with co-writing, Annika found her own artistic growth from time in the New York, Nashville and Los Angeles DIY scene, with a solo-written project that fuses pop, country, indie, and a melodic instinct inspired by McCartney classic rock. For Annika, songs are a space to hear herself out, with quiet curiosity and a willingness to put words to complicated feelings. Following the success of her debut EP "Only Emotion," Bennett went on a 10-week US tour and is now on tour with LANY this summer (100K tickets) and Penny & Sparrow this fall. Check out her newest EP, "ROOM (DEMOS), which released this August. She is also working on another body of work, co-produced by Jonah Shy (Dermot Kennedy, Camila Cabello, Fletcher) to be released October of 2022.