Louise Trehy was once half of UK dreampop/shoegaze band Swallow who released their debut album Blow in 1992 on 4AD records, which has since become a cult shoegaze classic. She walked away from music and left London for a self-sufficient life in rural Wales not long after the band broke up in 1994.

She began writing songs again almost 20 years later after joining her local choir where she met Peter Pavli (High Tide, Robert Calvert, Third Ear Band, Annette Peacock). Together they formed Strata Florida and released the critically acclaimed ‘Made of Stars’ on Saint Marie Records in 2014 – described as “…a full-throttle, Spectorish wall of sound pumped up to about 15.”

The band released their second album ‘Falling from Grace’ in 2016, ‘Achilles/Ghost’ single in 2021 and their final album ‘Sleep of Apples’ in 2024 through Bandcamp.

“There’s an air of invincibility surrounding Strata Florida’s music that is both enthralling and addictive all at once. Louise Trehy draws her listeners into every single track with her distinctive ethereal vocal style whilst instrumentally the band create well though out, layered soundscapes that act as a sonic conduit to deliver dreamy shoegaze & post-punk inspired sound. Recommended!”

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