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Verity Susman
English musician, composer
Musical artist
Verity Susman is an English songwriter, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist.
I taught piano, saxophone and songwriting to young people aged 16 - Lead singer and multi-instrumentalist.
She is best known as a founding member and the frontwoman of the English indie rock band Electrelane.
Music career
Following classical piano, clarinet and saxophone lessons as a child and teenager, Susman formed the band Electrelane with drummer Emma Gaze soon after leaving school.
The band released four albums, an EP, multiple singles and a Singles, B-Sides & Live compilation album between 2000 and 2007. Verity was lead singer and played keyboards, guitar and saxophone in the band. As they evolved from the post-rock sound of their mostly instrumental first album Rock It to the Moon, Verity Susman grew bolder in her role as the arranger and main songwriting force in the band.
She took on singing and lyric-writing duties on their acclaimed second album The Power Out, also composing and arranging a song for choir called The Valleys