London-based art pop experimentalists Ilk have teamed up with acclaimed composer and producer Matthew Herbert on their debut album, ‘Y U’, exploring the space in which found-sound recordings and infectious pop music coexist. Ilk comprises Bob Tollast (vocals, bass, guitar), Olly Puglisi (production/SPD sampler, guitar, bass, backing vocals) and Tom Fisher (production/MPC sampler, keys, backing vocals). Ilk's unique writing process creates a joyous mix of rich loop-based psych-pop and sonic exploration, which effortlessly fuses found-sound based production with live instrumentation to create a hazy and colourful soundscape laced with catchy melodies. It is at once playful and rhythmical, upbeat and melancholic, jagged and soft. As a result ‘Y U’ plays out as a captivating journey that manages to remain ever familiar on a path that’s new.