Lys Guillorn

“So if oddly uplifting, folk, blues country-infused acoustic semi-electric psychedelic dark pop music is your thing, please say hello to Lys Guillorn, you'll get along just fine.” Geraint Jones, Comes With a Smile #14 (UK)

BIOGRAPHY

Lys Guillorn is a singer/songwriter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist based in Shelton, Connecticut. She is a stylistic shape-shifter, hopping between rock, folk, and psych.

Live sound is solo on electric or acoustic guitar, focusing on lyrics and intricate guitar work, or with full band, adding a little more crunch. Band members: Lys Guillorn (vocals, guitar), Peter Riccio (drums, vocals), Eric Bloomquist (bass, vocals).

Guillorn has opened for artists including: Robyn Hitchcock, Richard Buckner, Laura Cantrell, Amy Rigby, Scout Niblett, and The Handsome Family.

Guillorn’s eponymous debut CD was released in 2003, receiving international radio airplay and notice in indie press. The CD was produced and engineered by Jeff Feuerzeig (best known as director of the films The Devil and Daniel Johnston and Author: The JT LeRoy Story). Feuerzeig enlisted guests Stanley Demeski (Luna, Feelies), Brenda Sauter (Feelies), Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500), Robert Quine (Voidoids, Lou Reed, Tom Waits) and Glenn Mercer (Feelies, Wake Ooloo).

In the spring of 2006, Guillorn released the Three Songs EP; a trio of intricately arranged, original home-recorded tracks, packaged in a hand-letterpress printed cover.

Guillorn's 2009 oddities collection Wayward Children pulls together her releases on compilations from various small indie labels, including originals, covers of Skip Spence, old English ballads, fragments, and other miscellany.

Winged Victory was Lys Guillorn's first full-length studio record in ten years. It was recorded at Dirt Floor Studio in Chester, Connecticut with her bandmates and some special guests and released in November of 2013 on Guillorn’s own Little Cowgirl Records.

Recently Guillorn has released a string of singles including "Chipped Fingernails" released in February of 2019.

In addition to being a songwriter and performing musician, Guillorn is also a writer, and visual artist.