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Greta Isaac (born 1995) is a Welsh singer and songwriter known for alternative pop music. Isaac has three EPs: Pessimist (2021),I Think You’d Hate it Here (2022), and Productive Pain (2025). She was also part of the musical collective Fizz along with fellow musicians dodie, Orla Gartland, and Martin Luke Brown. Fizz released one album, The Secret to Life (2023) before the members announced in July 2024 that the group would be disbanding.
Early life
[edit]Isaac grew up in Cowbridge, Wales, in a family full of musicians. Her mother is Welsh singer, actor and presenter Caryl Parry Jones and her father Myfyr Isaac is also a musician and sound engineer. She has two older sisters.[1]
Musical career
[edit]Early career; 2012 - 2014
[edit]Isaac began her career playing in venues and festivals in Wales, including Green Man Festival in 2012 and 2014.[2] She was also part of the lineup of the band The People The Poet between 2012-2014, including for the creation and release of their debut album The Narrator (2013).[3] She and her sister Miriam were later featured as guest vocalists on a demo released by the band in 2020.[4]
In the earlier years of her career, Isaac frequently appeared as a guest vocalist for long-time friend and musical collaborator Orla Gartland, supporting her during the promotion of Gartland’s EP Roots in 2014 and at festivals such as Barn on the Farm 2014.[5] The pair also collaborated on several covers, some of which were shared on social media.
Two early EPs released by Isaac are no longer available on Spotify: Down By The Water (2014), and Oh Babe (2015).[6][7][8][9]
2015 - 2018
[edit]In September of 2015, Isaac was one of the performers featured at BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park, a live concert festival which showcases major stars on its main stage and up-and-coming artists on its Introducing stage.[10]
In 2015, she was also one of 35 artists from across Wales to be selected for the BBC Wales Launchpad fund aimed at boosting the careers of Welsh musicians.[11]
The following year saw the release of single “Don’t Tell” where Isaac's "angelic vocals have found their bite," according to Clash magazine.[12]
In 2017, Isaac was one of the opening acts for fellow musician dodie’s second EP, You (2017).[13]
Isaac released four singles in total in 2017: "Intro (Creatures of Habit)", "You", "Comfortable" and "Tied".
"You", which tells the story of an obsessive love, debuted to praise from critics, with The Line of Best Fit calling it "a complex, heart-rending indie-pop song, somehow reminiscent of a female Cage The Elephant garnished with effortless, oozing cool."[14] It is still one of her most popular songs.
She released the single "Undone" in 2018.
Pessimist EP (2021)
[edit]Ahead of her Pessimist EP, Isaac released three of its songs as singles in 2020: "Power," "FU," and "Like Me." Another single, "Emmanuel" (2020), was not featured on the EP.
"Power" was premiered by Notion magazine, which later called the EP "an explosive and personal mix of tracks."[15] Isaac said that the song was "about how I feel being looked at as a woman and how I can feel useless without the affirmation of the male gaze," explaining that the lyrics show compliments turning sinister to play with the idea of feminine expectations being used as a weapon against women.[16]
The EP, which was written over an 18-month period, was Isaac's first major project under an indie-pop sound, rather than her earlier music, which leaned on folk influences.
Wonderland magazine praised lead single “How To Be A Woman” for its “emotional-yet-kooky lyrics,” calling it a “shining example of the punchy and exaggerated charm that laces the entirety of her EP.”[17]
I Think You'd Hate It Here EP (2022)
[edit]Isaac's second EP saw the artist expanding her sound further, pairing intricate lyrics with sonic landscapes that ranged from the stripped back "how are you not freaking out" to the anthemic chorus of "PAYRI$E".[18][19]
The six-track EP “feels like Greta’s arrival as an artist,” according to Gigwise, which praised Isaac’s evolution.[20] God Is In The TV highlighted the punchy “PAYRI$E” as a standout song, comparing it to a Charli XCX release.[21]
The music video for “NUH UH”, the third single released ahead of the EP, following “5’1” and Polyfilla”, premiered on Paper Mag, which described the song as having “grizzly electro-pop production.”[22]
FIZZ - 2025
[edit]Isaac, along with fellow artists Orla Gartland, dodie, and Martin Luke Brown, formed the musical collective Fizz, which went on to release one album, The Secret to Life in 2023.
The album was recorded by the quartet over two weeks at a rural studio called Middle Farm Studios with producer Peter Miles. It was released on October 27, 2023, and peaked at position 31 on the UK Albums Chart.[23]
The band announced an official hiatus in July 2024 to focus on their solo careers and projects, stating that there was a possibility the project could be revived at some point in the future.[24]
Isaac released her latest EP as a solo artist, Productive Pain on February 19th, 2025.[25][26]
Other projects
[edit]Isaac also has served as a creative director, notably filling this role for Orla Gartland's 2024 album, Everybody Needs a Hero.[27][28]
She has worked on art direction for other artists including Martin Luke Brown, Violet Skies, dodie and Victoria Canal.[29]
Discography
[edit]EPs
[edit]| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Pessimist |
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| I Think You'd Hate it Here |
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| Productive Pain |
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References
[edit]- ^ Price, Karen (24 July 2015). "Terry Wogan gives voice to singer Greta Isaac". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Green Man: Profile on singer-songwriter Greta Isaac". 27 July 2014.
- ^ Walton, Adam. "The People The Poet profile". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Born Again (Demo), by the People the Poet".
- ^ "Orla Gartland - Whispers at Barn on the Farm". YouTube. 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Rising young Welsh singing star's live slot on Wogan radio show". Cardiff Times. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Products". Archived from the original on 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Down by the Water". Spotify.
- ^ "Oh Babe". Spotify.
- ^ "Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park".
- ^ "Launchpad Fund Winners Announced". BBC. 2015.
- ^ Gumushan, Tanyel (4 November 2016). "Premiere: Greta Isaac – 'Don't Tell'". ClashMusic.com. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Dodie Clark at Rescue Rooms: Gig Review". 6 November 2017.
- ^ Williams, Pip (17 March 2017). "Greta Isaac invokes a squalling storm of emotion on "You"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Firsts With Greta Isaac". Notion. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Warner, Solly (1 December 2020). "Singer-songwriter, Greta Isaac, expresses the effect of poisoned compliments in her commanding new single "Power"". Notion. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "NEW NOISE: GRETA ISAAC". Wonderland Magazine. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Greta Isaac releases intimate yet expansive new single 'how are you not freaking out?'". Music Crowns. 4 March 2022.
- ^ Willcocks, Elliot. "Greta Isaac reveals breath-taking new pop track 'PAYRI$E'". FMS Mag.
- ^ Harbron, Lucy (12 May 2022). "EP Review: Greta Isaac - I Think You'd Hate it Here". Gigwise. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ Cummings, Bill (25 May 2022). "INTRODUCING: Greta Isaac "I love the idea of sneaking in these big ideas into a pop song"". God is in the TV. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Greta Isaac Is Super Charged in 'NUH UH'". Paper. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "THE SECRET TO LIFE". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ Kelly, Caroline. "Fizz "say goodbye" as supergroup's members return to solo projects". Hotpress. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Productive Pain". Spotify.
- ^ "Productive Pain, by Greta Isaac".
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "Orla Gartland: Pure Heroine". 15 October 2024.
- ^ "GRETA ISAAC | North Pole Management".