Hearts of Palm UK are Erica Elektra (vocals, keyboard, guitar), Frankie Rose (glockenspiel, keyboard, percussion) and Billy Kaye (cello, autoharp, keyboard). The band fuses the intensity of electro, the sweetness of lo-fi indie pop, the dance-ability of Euro club hits and the rawness of folk music. Working from original material, Erica Elektra creates layered sequences and textures that are joined by smooth vocals. Her work has drawn comparisons to Stars, Metric, Cat Power, Camera Obscura, The Postal Service and even Cyndi Lauper! The daughter of a Russian piano teacher, Erica Elektra started playing piano at the age of three years old. As a child, she loved to play the passionate music of composers like Rachmaninoff and Beethoven. A guitarist for most of the past ten years, Erica's only recently gone back to her piano-playing roots. She recruited her good friend Frankie Rose to play a host of instruments – shaker, triangle, keyboard, glockenspiel, sticks – which has served to give Hearts of Palm UK their unique sound. Billy Kaye has recently joined the mix as a much-needed one-woman string section. Needless to say, Billy and Frankie are known to have their hands full. Hearts of Palm UK are developing their own electro-indie-pop style and couldn't be happier about it. They are ready to dance, rock out and have fun.