HONESTY is not a band in the traditional sense. With four core members – George Mitchell,
Matt Peel, Josh Lewis and Imi Marston – and a rotating cast of collaborators which have
included musicians and visual artists like Kosi Tydes, Softlizard, Rarelyalways, Florence
Shaw, and Liam Bailey, the Leeds-based collective emerged as an exercise in doing things
differently on a journey towards self-acceptance.

HONESTY’s debut album U R HERE will be released on Partisan Records on 7 February
2025. With influences that range from Mount Kimbie and My Bloody Valentine to Björk and
Burial, U R HERE represents a renewed sense of creative expression amidst a world that can
sometimes seem like it’s crumbling apart.

The songs on U R HERE are a fluid, exhilarating, and uniquely introspective take on club music
– sonically mapping the psychological impact of the modern age and harnessing the vitality and
freedom that comes with new beginnings. U R HERE, right now, and that is all that matters.
Since their debut single release in September 2023, excitement & intrigue around HONESTY
has been steadily building. Rolling Stone, Loud & Quiet, So Young & The Line of Best Fit
have all written features on the collective, with Crack, Brooklyn Vegan & NME also showing
support for HONESTY’s releases to date. On BBC Radio 6 Music, HONESTY have picked up
plays on Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam & The New Music Fix show. In 2023 and early 2024
HONESTY played their debut live shows, captivating audiences with their unique and powerful
live electronic set up. HONESTY’s mesmerising live show saw them covered as one of the
most exciting acts of Eurosonic Festival 2024 by Mixmag & Clash, with Clash calling
HONESTY “one of the buzziest bands of the evening”.