Spend an evening with Wild Fenn to celebrate the release of their debut EP 'Lost In Another Song'. They will be playing a full band gig including all of the songs on the EP in the stunning Refectory Bar in Plymouth Gin Distillery. It will be an intimate evening of indie folk music, a perfect way to end your weekend!
Wild Fenn are an Indie/Folk band based in Devon, UK. Songwriters Luke Engel and Jess Illingworth love writing songs with beautiful harmonies that work both in live performances and in recordings. Their lyrics often take inspiration from nature and lead the listener to wild places.
The band started releasing music in 2019 under the name Engel and the Mountain People and changed to Wild Fenn with Jess joining at the beginning of 2022. Wild Fenn are influenced by the likes of Gregory Alan Isokov, Roo Panes, Frank Turner and The Lone Bellow (among others).
Wild Fenn’s latest singles Wild Hearts and South Coast were played by BBC Introducing on BBC Radio Cornwall and BBC Radio Devon. Wild Fenn have previously performed at the Great Estate Festival in Cornwall in 2022 and 2024 as well as Tunes in the Park in 2024.
“Rising and falling harmonies combined with poetic lyrics paint pictures of summer nights and bygone days. Wild Fenn’s songs are heavily inspired by the natural world and their lyrics aim to convey a subtle urgency to remember, cherish and protect our wild places.” - BBC Introducing
“A gentile and beautiful way to open the BBC Introducing stage” - Dan Pascoe, BBC Introducing
Wild Hearts is about adventure, freedom, and a connection with nature. The song leads you down a wild road, taking you away from the city, through an old pine gate into the forest. It’s a song about the idea of running with wild hearts and making your name known in the world, despite the challenges you encounter. This song is Wild Fenn’s first release with our newest member, Jess Illingworth, on guitar and vocals.
Check out the live session of our latest single Wild Hearts on YouTube. We filmed this in Plymbridge Woods (surrounded by lots of wild garlic!). Thank you to Louis Goldman for the videography.
Luke Engel (main vocals, harmonies, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin) - Luke loves being outdoors and you can often find him wandering in wild places looking for cool mushrooms and inspiration for his songwriting.
Jess Illingworth (main vocals, harmonies, acoustic guitar, mandolin) - Jess is known by the rest of the band as ‘one take Jess’. She loves walking by the coast and writing lyrics that reach out to people.
Matthew Gordon Price (percussion) - Matt, who almost exclusively wears black and a pair of very round sunglasses, loves any excuse to get out the djembe drum.
Olly Parker (bass, harmonies) - Olly is the most laid back member of Wild Fenn and enjoys sneaking funky bass lines into the songs.