Tickets on general sale Friday 18th September at 10:00.

Foggy Notions are proud to present how r u live at Bello Bar on Sunday 6th December.

how r u is the solo project of Irish songwriter, producer and instrumentalist Thom Southern who resides in Bangor on the North Coast Of Ireland just outside Belfast.  Blending slowcore, ambient music, lo-fi indie and alternative folk, how r u creates intimate, introspective music that exists somewhere between a bedroom recording and an expansive soundscape.

Influenced by artists including Duster, Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse, Neil Young, Brian Eno and Alex G, Thom channels a slow and atmospheric dimension of his songwriting and production through how r u.  Built around delicate guitar, understated vocals, hazy textures and emotionally direct songwriting, the project explores the quieter parts of being human – loneliness, nostalgia, grief, healing and the strange feeling of trying to find yourself again. There is a softness at the centre of the music, but beneath it sits a deep emotional weight; songs often feel less like traditional narratives and more like fleeting thoughts, memories or moments caught in time.

In just over two years since the projects launch how r u has amassed over 10 million streams worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners across streaming platforms and a growing international audience across the US, Mexico, Asia, Australia and beyond.

Following the breakout success of “need some rest” (over 3 million worldwide streams) and a steady run of slowcore singles and projects, the new single ‘i’m the lucky one’ marks a new chapter for how r u – expanding the project into richly layered full band production self-produced at Black Bay Studio on the Isle Of Lewis, Scotland.  This new single is accompanied by a music video shot in Tokyo, Japan.