Biography

Jen Lush is an Adelaide singer-songwriter known for her dynamic and poetic blend of folk and art-rock. Drawing inspiration from Feist, Iron & Wine and Anaïs Mitchell, her music weaves intimate storytelling into evocative, experimental soundscapes.

From her debut solo album of poem songs ‘The Night’s Insomnia’ to two award winning albums in three years, Jen and her stellar band (James Brown, Paul Angas, Sam Cagney and Mark Seddon) have performed at festivals and venues across SA, VIC, NSW, WA and TAS.

Her latest album ‘Hum of the Mettle’ debuted at #11 on the AIR charts and was awarded ARBA’s Roots Album of The Year in 2023. The record sets contemporary Australian poetry by Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Maria Zajkowski, Graham Kershaw and Kevin Brophy to richly layered, artful arrangements.

“Art rock, dark pop, folk noir and beautifully fragile acoustic indie tones” Scenestr Magazine

Previous release ‘Let Loose the Beating Birds’, a powerful reflection on motherhood, suburbia and the natural world, was named ARBA’s Roots Album of the Year (2021) and listed #11 on Three D’s Top 100+1.

Jen and her band are currently recording new songs at Wizard Tone Studios for release in 2025.

“..an enchanting, otherworldly experience for listeners.” Beat Magazine

Fireground is a story of dislocation between politics, spin, mis-information and our own real, vital and ongoing relationship to the natural world.

The Seagull is a small story of a boy and a bird, wrapped in a folk song, encased in an experimental soundscape, taking you to that beach and back again. It happened when I was 15 – this story as I have told it, but it could also be an allegory for humankind’s callous treatment of our natural world, as it is written in Chekhov’s play ‘The Seagull’ – ‘A man came by and killed it just to pass the time.’