Dance Lessons unveil 'Insomnia' ahead of next week's debut album launch
Beginners is due out on July 25th
“Though Dance Lessons draws on a range of influences—including jazz, soul and pop—the end result is something more than that; an effortlessly stylish slice of stirring pop music.” COMPLEX
“Both direct, and utterly alternative, this trio’s dichotomous growth is driven forwards by unrelenting creativity and a refusal to be hemmed in.” CLASH
“London outfit Dance Lessons seamlessly flex across soul, jazz and dance-pop.” The Line of Best Fit
“Full of cool confidence.” The FADER
“Dance Lessons ooze confidence and sexiness.” Jess Iszatt, BBC Radio 1
“Dance Lessons define their own genre.” NME
“Fusing together jazz, pop, and electronic to create their own sound.” Stereogum
Ahead of the release of their hotly anticipated debut album Beginners next Friday (July 25th), London-based jazz-pop futurists Dance Lessons share new single 'Insomnia'. Out today, the track is a wry and affectionate ode to guitarist Nat’s lifelong struggle with sleep.
Dance Lessons - made up of Anne (vocals, songwriting, keys, production), Nat (guitars) and Tom (bass, backing vocals) - formed in 2020. Their debut singles dropped mid-pandemic to critical acclaim, and they’ve been carving their own lane ever since. The mission: blur the lines between jazz and pop while making bold, emotionally rich music with high-gloss production – thanks to Anne, the creative force behind the desk in a world where just 3% of charting producers are women.
Beginners is a lush, emotionally-charged collection written across 2024 and 2025. With their signature blend of jazz, alternative-pop and electronic grooves, Beginners is a bold statement from a band that’s only just beginning. Across its 10 tracks, the album explores “our constantly evolving relationships to each other.” The record’s sound is as expansive as its influences - from Kate Bush and Bowie to Solange and Róisín Murphy - and aims to “trick people who say they don’t like jazz into really digging it.”
The band’s unique sonic palette draws comparisons to SAULT, Jungle, Crazy P, Jai Paul, Kindness and Blood Orange, but the result is unmistakably their own. “We think our music blends anything and everything that we love and would want to hear ourselves.”
Having already sold out every live show they’ve played and earned support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, The Fader, Complex, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit and more, Dance Lessons are hitting their stride on all fronts. “We feel like we’ve really locked-in as a collective - the three of us and our wider collaborators - that’s the best feeling in the world.”
