Biography

Yorkshire’s Louise Distras finally makes her long-awaited return in 2023 with her second album Beauty After Bruises out now via Ministry Of Love Records. Stream / purchase 'Beauty After Bruises': http://louisedistras.lnk.to/BeautyAfterBruises 'Beauty After Bruises' was recorded at 25th Street Studios in Oakland, California with producer Ross Peterson (Bruce Springsteen, Elle King) and mixed by Stephen Street (The Cranberries, Blur, The Smiths) at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in West London. Guest musicians include Mick Talbot (The Style Council/Dexy’s Midnight Runners) on keys, and Puscifer drummer Gunnar Olsen on Drums. "I don't want to make music that's a space for the best, glossy version of myself so 'Beauty After Bruises' is about the ugly truth. This album is messy just like me and it's about honouring the parts of myself that I looked away from. Instead of pointing the finger and screaming, "here's what's wrong with me, it's the world's fault and it's the world that's doing it to me", I'm looking inwards and realising the way I see the world is because of the way I see myself. And I learned that if I carried the bricks from my past any longer, I would've ended up building the same house. So "Beauty After Bruises" is pretty much just me getting out of my own way."