Nicola Madill

Nicola Madill is a gothic folk rock artist from Scotland’s east coast, known for her atmospheric and emotionally rich songwriting. With the launch of a new album and a full UK tour supporting Martin Stephenson in 2025, Nicola Madill is ready to share her music with a wider audience.

Described as "hauntingly beautiful" by Gary Clark (Danny Wilson) and "spellbinding" by Roddy Hart (BBC Radio Scotland), Nicola's music blends soul-stirring melodies with lyrical depth, conjuring a soundscape that invites a deeper listen and evokes a sense of timelessness and otherworldly grace.

Nicola's 2017 album, Selene was spotlighted as Record of Note on The Roddy Hart Show (BBC Scotland) earning critical praise for its mesmerising sound and Nicola's live performances have been described by Derrick Johnston (MTAT Records) as "sublime, refined and atmospheric with a dark gothic heart from one of the east coast's most engaging emergent singer/songwriters."

Nicola's new album Absentee will be released on 24th June 2025, exploring themes of archetypes, love, loss, and transformation. With a sound that shifts between light and shadow, the album features seven songs, each telling a powerful story. Nicola's voice — both earthy and ethereal — carries each musical tale with potent intensity, drawing the listener into a world where beauty and darkness sit side by side, and meaning is found in the in-between.

Taking cues from Kate Bush’s dreamlike storytelling, Joni Mitchell’s lyrical honesty, and Radiohead’s moody textures, Nicola’s work is steeped in imagery and symbolism. Tarot, folklore, and the metaphysical often weave through her lyrics, creating something that feels both intimate and expansive.

Her songs speak to those drawn to the introspective, the mysterious, and the emotionally raw, offering a sound that lingers long after the last note fades.

“Nicola Madill has created an ambitious and original folk-rock album that is full of dark mysteries, and both seductive and unsettling.” Richard Bull, BBC Radio Scotland

"Nicola Madill stitched shadows into acoustic flesh with gothic folk reverie in Absentee.”
– A&R Factory

"Spellbinding stuff if you surrender yourself to it." Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland

"Hauntingly beautiful" Gary Clark, Danny Wilson

" Nicola is one of the finest female singer songwriter/performers I have encountered in the past 20 years" Martin Stephenson

"Sublime, refined and atmospheric Americana folk with a dark gothic heart from one of the east coast's most engaging emergent singer/songwriters." Derrick Johnston, MTAT

"She has a tenderness and a melancholy in her voice that I have not heard since the late great Sandy Denny." Ron Montgomery, Music Promoter, Letham Nights

"This is going to capture your head and your heart like no other." Geeforce Music

“A portal into the atmospheric depths of her cultivated dark hymnal sound.”
— A&R Factory