Abbie Ozard

"intoxicating”  The FADER | “hazy, witty fuzz-pop” The Times

“dream of better things with Abbie Ozard” DORK Magazine

“dreamy escapism” The Line of Best Fit | “self-effacing pop touch” Clash

July 11th - Abbie Ozard releases new single ‘monsters’ ahead of debut album everything still worries me  - out July 25th via House Anxiety.

The single falls in line with the festival-ready indie that populates the debut LP, and looks sets to mark an exciting opening era for Abbie Ozard. ‘monsters’ merges a modern, confessional style with an earnest 80s sheen. Abbie talks on the universally relatable themes of the track:

“Me and Hugo wrote this after talking about our past relationships and how chaotic and crazy they can be when you’re younger, how you see a side of yourself that you didn’t know you had. It’s hilarious looking back, we put a super satirical twist on situations in the past that were actually quite dark.”

The debut LP is at heart a celebration of friendships, family and relationships, all the while presenting an underlying sense of uncertainty. The juxtaposition between embracing small joys, and the way they can quickly turn sour - your drink spills, your ice cream melts, your socks have holes in them - reflects the unease of navigating life in your twenties.

It embraces knotty questions - should we be happy and content with the small things that bring us joy, and are we being spoilt by wanting more? Or are we meant to work as hard as possible to achieve our ‘dream life’? Abbie paints an ‘upside down world’, not knowing what the hell is going on - all the while romanticising everyday things to come back down to earth. 

In other words, it’s life in full colour.

This expansive thematic approach is reflected in the sound of the record - everything is unashamedly big and bright, designed to hit the seats at the back of the arena.

Abbie began teasing the debut LP last year with her singles ‘days like these’ and ‘i don’t know happiness without you’ before announcing in April with 'anything for you’ and following it up with acclaimed Pixey collaboration ‘miss american dream’.

Abbie has been championed throughout her career by the most trusted of tastemakers, press takes have come in from broadsheets (The Times, The Independent), indie bibles (DORK, The Line of Best Fit, Clash) and style / culture press (The FADER, NOTION, HUNGER) alike.

Jack Saunders and Huw Stephens have consistently backed across BBC Radio 1, where she has also seen daytime airplay courtesy of a BBC Introducing Track of the Week grab. Abbie McCarthy and Chris Hawkins have been fans at BBC 6 Music.

Headline tours through 2022 and 2203; a debut Glastonbury performance and European tour support stint with Briston Maroney, as well as many festival slots have seen the indie anthems well and truly road-tested.

everything still worries me - the debut album from Abbie Ozard - is out July 25th via House Anxiety. ‘monsters’ single is out now.