The Little Unsaid

The Little Unsaid

The Little Unsaid is the project of British alt-folk songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist John Elliott, who is born in Dewsbury in 1987. The line-up includes regular collaborators Alison D’Souza on strings and FX, Mariya Brachkova on Moog bass and backing vocals, Sonny Johns on bass and electric guitar, and Tim Heymerdinger on drums.

Recorded output

The debut album, Someone Else’s Lullabies, is released in 2010 on the independent label Spare Dougal Records. Sonny Johns produces the record and has worked with Portico Quartet, John Martyn, Ali Farka Toure, Tony Allen and Oumou Sangare. The second album, Dig for the Promise, follows in 2013. A crowdfunding campaign through Pledge Music helps finance the recording and release of Fisher King in 2015. The fourth album, Imagined Hymns & Chaingang Mantras, appears in 2017, and the fifth studio album, Atomise, is released on Reveal Records in 2019. Lick The Future’s Lips follows in 2021.

Style

The Little Unsaid is identified as an alt-folk act, with the stated genre profile also including folk electronica and alternative. The project is associated with folk, indie, folk rock, singer-songwriter and folk pop.