'you’ll want to listen to again and again'
"haunting...a cloudy, effervescent opening giving way to a more thumping, uptempo finale."
mokusla is the musical alter ego of the Donegal-born visual artist Lou Rowland.
Inspired by the Gaelic Mo Chuisle (my darling), the Glasgow-based singer and producer invites you into her ethereal and haunting world, blending ambient dream-pop, electronic and traditional folk. mokusla's debut EP ‘you don't know what you're missing’ released in October 2022 led to significant radio airplay, the Hen Hoose x PRS Mentorship and opening for artists such as MALKA, Lemoncello, Alas de Liona.
Supported by Help Musicians, mokusla returned in 2024 with her second EP ‘lovely people here, but it’s just not the same’, exploring the ebb and flow of long distance friendships, craving old connections and a deep sense of nostalgia.
The 4-track EP was released on October 23rd, after it’s first single ‘ghost’ became BBC Radio 6 Introducing Mixtape Track of the Week and waa picked up by The Line of Best Fit, District Magazine and Tenement TV. It also gained airplay across BBC Radio 6 New Music Fix, BBC Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal & BBC Ulster.
mokusla’s second single ‘the metal man’ and EP opening track ‘enjoy tomorrow’ were picked up by the likes of The Skinny, SNACK Magazine, Nialler9, RTE 2fm's Dan Hegarty, NME's New Bangers, Golden Plec & Widedays. mokusla has since been selected as a Resonate 2024 Live Artist, opened for John Maus, Chanel Beads, Xiu Xiu in and will open for Gordi in November.
UPCOMING SHOWS
2024
Nov 16, Xiu Xiu, Room 2 - Glasgow
Nov 13, Chanel Beads, The Poetry Club - Glasgow
Oct 22 - mokusla EP Launch, The Rum Shack - Glasgow
Oct 15 - John Maus, Saint Lukes, Glasgow.
Oct 16 - John Maus, The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
Sep 26 - Alas de Liona, The Old Hairdressers - Glasgow.
Sep 19 - Alas de Liona, Cabaret Voltaire - Edinburgh.
Jul 2 - Endless Summer Festival, The Hug & Pint - Glasgow.
May 29 - Lemoncello, The Hug & Pint - Glasgow.
Jan 7 - First Footing Festival -The Hug & Pint - Glasgow.
2023
Dec 5 - Enya 2.0, The Alchemy Experiment - Glasgow.
Nov 11 - MALKA, The Hug & Pint - Glasgow.
Aug 10 - Govanhill International Festival,The Rum Shack - Glasgow.
May 11 - Ripley, Slay - Glasgow.
Mar 31 - Creative Mornings - Glasgow.
Mar 6 - Sofar Sounds - Glasgow.
2022
Dec 27 - All My Friends - Donegal.
Dec 4 - The Old Hairdressers - Glasgow.
PRESS SHOTS
Photo credit: Zoe Sheehy.