With each member of the band bringing their own personality to the group, influences range from the contemporary - Tune Yards and Warpaint are current favourites - to older gospel music like Bessie Jones and Willis Proctor alongside Ethiopian music from the 70s.

Additionally, Luisa has recently collaborated with the like-minded musical talent Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and duetted with Idiot Glee for a Xmas BBC Radio 1 session.

Having honed their sound over the past year, live is where Lulu and the Lampshades stand out. Bringing their unusual mix of instruments and stunning harmonies to the fore, the quartet wowed crowds at Bestival this year