HONESTY is not a band in the traditional sense. With four core members - George Mitchell, Matt Peel, Josh Lewis and Imi Marston – and a rotating cast of collaborators which have included musicians and visual artists like Kosi Tydes, Softlizard, Rarelyalways, Florence Shaw, and Liam Bailey, the Leeds-based collective emerged as an exercise in doing things differently on a journey towards self-acceptance.
HONESTY’s debut album U R HERE will be released on Partisan Records on 7 February 2025. With influences that range from Mount Kimbie and My Bloody Valentine to Björk and Burial, U R HERE represents a renewed sense of creative expression amidst a world that can sometimes seem like it's crumbling apart.
The songs on U R HERE are a fluid, exhilarating, and uniquely introspective take on club music – sonically mapping the psychological impact of the modern age and harnessing the vitality and freedom that comes with new beginnings. U R HERE, right now, and that is all that matters.
Since their debut single release in September 2023, excitement & intrigue around HONESTY has been steadily building. Rolling Stone, Loud & Quiet, So Young & The Line of Best Fit have all written features on the collective, with Crack, Brooklyn Vegan & NME also showing support for HONESTY’s releases to date. On BBC Radio 6 Music, HONESTY have picked up plays on Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam & The New Music Fix show. In 2023 and early 2024 HONESTY played their debut live shows, captivating audiences with their unique and powerful live electronic set up. HONESTY’s mesmerising live show saw them covered as one of the most exciting acts of Eurosonic Festival 2024 by Mixmag & Clash, with Clash calling HONESTY “one of the buzziest bands of the evening”.
HONESTY is not a band in the traditional sense. With four core members - George Mitchell, Matt Peel, Josh Lewis and Imi Marston – and a rotating cast of collaborators which have included musicians and visual artists like Kosi Tydes, Softlizard, Rarelyalways, Florence Shaw, and Liam Bailey, the Leeds-based collective emerged as an exercise in doing things differently on a journey towards self-acceptance.
HONESTY’s debut album U R HERE will be released on Partisan Records on 7 February 2025. With influences that range from Mount Kimbie and My Bloody Valentine to Björk and Burial, U R HERE represents a renewed sense of creative expression amidst a world that can sometimes seem like it's crumbling apart.
The songs on U R HERE are a fluid, exhilarating, and uniquely introspective take on club music – sonically mapping the psychological impact of the modern age and harnessing the vitality and freedom that comes with new beginnings. U R HERE, right now, and that is all that matters.
Since their debut single release in September 2023, excitement & intrigue around HONESTY has been steadily building. Rolling Stone, Loud & Quiet, So Young & The Line of Best Fit have all written features on the collective, with Crack, Brooklyn Vegan & NME also showing support for HONESTY’s releases to date. On BBC Radio 6 Music, HONESTY have picked up plays on Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam & The New Music Fix show. In 2023 and early 2024 HONESTY played their debut live shows, captivating audiences with their unique and powerful live electronic set up. HONESTY’s mesmerising live show saw them covered as one of the most exciting acts of Eurosonic Festival 2024 by Mixmag & Clash, with Clash calling HONESTY “one of the buzziest bands of the evening”.
