gglum

An alternative singer/songwriter inspired by the intimate, off-center leanings of artists like Elliott Smith, Alex G, and Big Thief as well as lush, layered instrumentation, gglum is the pseudonym of U.K. musician Ella Smoker. After signing with Secretly Canadian, she made her full-length gglum debut with The Garden Dream in 2024. A native of London, Smoker grew up on music ranging from rockabilly and gospel to emo but was generally drawn to music wrapped in textured instrumentation. She eventually spent three years singing in her church choir, where she learned to sight-sing...