Lucie Barât

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Lucie Barat is a writer, actress and lead singer of The Fay Wrays

A Biography:

Lucie Barât, sister to Carl Barât (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things) originally won a scholarship to drama school. She started a theatre company with her friends on graduation, recruiting Dame Judi Dench as their patron.

In 2002 she starred as Julia in the Duchess of Malfi. Lead roles in 2003 included Ginny in Relatively Speaking, as Robin in Under the Yum Yum Tree, and as Helen's handmaiden in Troy. She temporarily put her acting career aside to concentrate on her writing.

She started the band The Fay Wrays at the beginning of 2005. She began penning lyrics and melodies for Alice Temple who had been looking for a writing partner. The pair then recruited Cammy as a second guitarist, but as he and Lucie went on to form a writing partnership of their own, Alice left the group to concentrate on her solo career.

Cammy (real name, Cameron Angus) moved to London from Dundee with the crazy notion of giving up painting and decorating to become a full-time guitarist. During this time he spent lengthy periods playing in rock and hardcore bands like Engage and J Loveless and the Heart Attacks before finding a more suitable style and direction as guitarist in The Fay Wrays.

Cammy and Lucie have recruited numerous people over the last 2 years to play on various sets and recordings, so as to keep their writing fluid whilst continually moulding their style.

Their debut album is titled War Cry. War Cry was recorded with only one guitar track and no overdubs (except a bit of feedback on the intro to track 1) and the vocals are almost completely dry throughout. It was the intention of both the band and the producers to create a record that represents how the band actually sound live without all the studio trickery that has become common place.

It is produced by Tom McKay and Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Nina Hagen), together they work under the alias of The Macciato Kids. It was mixed in New York and mastered by Greg Calbi, using Nick McBrain on drums and Tom ‘Robbo’ Robertson on bass, who also plays for The Frake.