Bryony Lloyd’s debut EP Aerial feels like a gentle wind brushing against the soul—quiet, steady, and deeply moving. The Manchester-based folk singer-songwriter offers six songs that shimmer with poetic clarity and soft emotional weight. It’s no wonder her work is already catching the ears of BBC Introducing and BBC Scotland.
Right from the opening track “Never Never Never,” Bryony draws us in with plucked guitar chords and a voice that moves effortlessly from chest to falsetto, capturing something timeless and tender. Her delivery isn’t showy—it’s sincere. You believe every word, every breath. There’s a natural purity to how she builds the song, and it sets the tone for the entire EP.
Then there’s “Moon in Libra,” where her hypnotic vocals drift gently alongside warm strumming. When she reaches the line about not knowing how she’s finding herself coming around again to believe they could be more than friends, her voice ripples on the word “friends” with an aching delicacy. It’s that subtle vocal detail, that ethereal vibrato, that captures the flickering uncertainty of love and longing.
One of the most atmospheric tracks, “Phantasmagoria in Two,” echoes like a live session in a cathedral. The reverb on her voice gives it a distant yet encompassing presence, as if we’re hearing someone gently pour their thoughts into a vaulted sky. It’s quietly haunting, dreamlike, and beautifully loose.
In Aerial, Bryony Lloyd joins the growing wave of Manchester’s folk renaissance, and based on this debut, she’s one of its brightest new voices.
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Review by: Naomi Joan