“With a hushed wispy voice in the spirit of Vashti Bunyan, ASPIDISTRAFLY have more in common with ambient composers like Max Richter — and, along the way, have found their own leaf-covered path.” – NPR Music
Taking their name from George Orwell’s novel “Keep the Aspidistra Flying”, ASPIDISTRAFLY was formed by Singapore-based singer-songwriter April Lee and producer Ricks Ang in 2003. The duo play a flickeringly filmic mixture of ambient folk with gossamer-like vocal harmonies and guitar-based drone wrapped in delicate lo-fi haziness. After two independently released EPs, the duo released their first album “I Hold A Wish For You’ in 2008 on KITCHEN. LABEL, leading to their first 7-city Asia tour in 2009. In 2010, a collaboration with haruka nakamura entitled “twilight” was awarded “Single of the week” on iTunes Japan.
In 2011 they released their second album “A Little Fable”, crafted around compelling vocals, gentle fingerpicking, distorted guitars, tape loops and orchestral arrangements. Consecutively, it led to accompanying tours across major Asian cities including Tokyo and Seoul, and their track “Landscape With A Fairy” was featured as NPR Music’s Song Of The Day.