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// Pronounced: My-ah La-khan-ee
// Origin: Surrey, UK
// Genres: Rock, Alternative Rock.
For fans of PJ Harvey & Garbage
// Releasing: Single "Fall For Me" on
Friday 2nd May 9AM, to all streaming platforms
After a standout year, with performances at Glastonbury on the BBC Introducing stage, appearing on BBC News, doing a BBC Live Lounge Session & playing her first headline show; British Indian Independent rock artist Maya Lakhani is releasing her atmospheric alt rock single, "Fall For Me," on Friday 2nd May 9AM to all streaming platforms.
“Fall For Me” is an anthemic alt rock love song. Written, recorded & produced by Maya, a skill she taught herself in lockdown 2020, it’s inspired by 00’s teen movie prom scenes. A shoegaze inspired alternative love song about 2 people falling for each other simultaneously. Maya performed it at her BBC Live Lounge session, creating a buzz & anticipation with listeners. The filmed session & official music video will also be released in May.
In her visuals for this track, Maya blends her heritage with her rock style, as a proud Indian woman she wants to be seen & heard in the rock scene. If you can see it, you can be it. Maya has been booked to play the main stage at the Glasgow Mela & other live dates, where she will perform this track.
With previous support from BBC Introducing, Bandcamp, Spotify & Apple Music editorial, BBC News, BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network, Radio X, Eastern Eye, Rolling Stone, Kerrang & more; Maya is gaining momentum as she establishes herself as an exciting & unique figure in rock.
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“She’s an incredibly talented artist & it’s quite unusual to hear a women doing this kind of fierceness of rock production”
"What a wonderful voice"
“Incredible to think that this was written, recorded & produced in her bedroom on her own, it sounds amazing”.
Skin, Skunk Anansie
Melita Dennett, BBC Introducing
John Kennedy, Radio X
"Incredible, rousing"
Kerrang
"....Gritty guitars, a dark alt-rock mood and also taps into metal, while Lakhani invokes a feeling of vulnerability and innocence through her elevated vocals"
Rolling Stone Magazine