Art School Girlfriend has been played on NTS shows including m00dtapes, with A Place To Lie first played on 20 August 2023.

Art School Girlfriend is an atmospheric electronic project from musician and singer/songwriter Polly Mackey. After spending the early 2010s as part of textural shoegaze outfit Deaf Club, Mackey transitioned to a more synth-friendly approach with her solo work, finding her voice on several EPs and miscellaneous releases, and honing her ambient pop sound on her full-length albums Is It Light Where You Are and Soft Landing.

Hailing from Wrexham, North Wales, Mackey developed a taste for the work of artists like PJ Harvey and…