Tennyson - Rot

Tennyson - RotTennyson (aka Luke Pretty) returns with Rot, his first full length LP, out 18th February 2022 on Counter Records. Throughout the albums 12 tracks Luke refines the signature Tennyson sound, making his flurried beats come into focus and his already riveting hooks catchier. This is also the first project in which Luke lends his voice to almost every song, with the exception coming from a feature with singer songwriter Rae Morris on the pained but

The Guardian called the album "A stunning literary treatise

the spiky yet delicate “Looking Too Closely”

and writer Toni Morrison

” He began thinking about how the power of the OOBE is also felt in the song creation process

“People would always tell me about this genius jazz pianist

which received great pick-up from the likes of Billboard

self loathing

Empathy and compassion are two key themes underpinning the album

through to The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers

and stabs of saxophone to create something infectiously fluid that builds to a rousing crescendo

The UK duo responded to the invitation to make a trip to South Africa for the recording sessions (supported by the British Council) and so the story started to grow

which was recorded with ground-breaking producer Flood (PJ Harvey