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Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is a 24-year-old, Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs are about young love and self-discovery. Raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing, the Icelandic-Chinese artist grew up playing cello as well as piano and became hooked on the jazz standards of Ella Fitzgerald after digging through her father’s record collection.
 
In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single “Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. Following the release of her 2021 Typical of Me EP, Laufey was named Best New Artist in Jazz and Blues at the Icelandic Music Awards and hosted her own show on BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds. Her debut full-length Everything I Know About Love, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, and the lead single “Valentine” peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. In 2022 Laufey was the most streamed jazz artist on Spotify, with 425 million streams across all platforms.

 

Adam Melchor takes the line between today’s off-kilter indie lullabies and the great tradition of LA singer-songwriters. A New Jersey opera student and former slam poet whose road trip to Los Angeles on a whim led to his signing with a major label, Melchor plays both the soothing off-the-cusp folksinger and sonic tapestry-weaver on record (see his series of playful EPs and his lush 2022 debut LP, Here Goes Nothing!) and the jubilant rock ‘n’ roller on stage.
 
Melchor’s new Fruitland EP is where both roles collide. Fruitland is punctuated by the plastic sunny feels of “Garment Bag” which spins the timeless warning of Hollywood glamor, the summer bummer yearning of “Peach,” and the young Bob Dylan-like examinations of information overload on “Big Time Good Time.”
 
Named after the street in LA that Melchor now calls home, Fruitland is a tribute to his songwriting community and his journey to where he is today and presents us with his most complete self.