LONGLIST 2025

Walt Disco
— The Warping

  • Label: Lucky Number Music Limited
  • Released: 14 June 2024

Walt Disco

Walt Disco are a band creating emotionally rich, genre-fluid music that blends electronic production with sweeping, cinematic instrumentation. Fronted by Jocelyn Si alongside Finlay McCarthy, Charlie Lock, Lewis Carmichael, and Jack Martin, the group explore themes of identity, queerness, memory, and transformation through collaborative, deeply personal songwriting. Their distinctive sound pushes boundaries melding analogue synths, orchestral textures, and raw emotion. Following the acclaim of debut Unlearning, Walt Disco have continued to evolve, recently supporting OMD across Europe and the US, and playing headline shows in North America. They are carving out a space that feels fearless, honest, and entirely their own.

The Warping

Walt Disco transformed on their second album The Warping, expanding the art-electro-pop of Unlearning into something more cinematic, raw, and tender. Opening with the eerie beauty of “Seed,” the record dives into shifting identities, time, and memory. Tracks like “Jocelyn” and “The Warping” explore gender, childhood, and longing with fearless honesty. Orchestral flourishes replace digital layers, grounding the emotional weight of themes like loss, envy, and joy. Written across cities and forged in collaboration, The Warping reflects a band evolving boldly tender yet defiant, nostalgic yet forward-facing. Walt Disco shine brighter, confronting the world with softness and strength.