There’s a rare kind of weight to what KEELEY does. This isn’t just another indie band mining nostalgia for shimmer and reverb. At the heart of every song is Inga Maria Hauser, a young German backpacker and musician whose 1988 Interrail trip ended in tragedy when she was murdered in Northern Ireland. Irish singer-songwriter Keeley Moss discovered the unresolved case a decade ago and has since built an entire musical project around memorialising Inga’s story, retracing parts of her journey and channelling the emotional aftermath into cinematic alternative rock.
The band itself is a trio. Moss handles vocals and guitar, Lukey Foxtrot plays bass, and Andrew Paresi, who drummed on Morrissey’s first three solo records, anchors the rhythm section. Together, they pull from shoegaze, britpop, jangle-pop, and atmospheric indie rock to create something that feels both familiar and deeply personal.
KEELEY have been building steadily since 2021. They’ve played alongside Babyshambers, The Primitives, Inspiral Carpets, and Miki Berenyi of Lush, racking up support from BBC 6 Music, Radio X, and Irish national radio. Tracks like “Arrive Alive” and “Who Wants To See The World” have become fan favourites, and there’s a BFI-funded documentary on the way that digs into Moss’s connection to the case.
Now comes Girl On The Edge Of The World, their third album and the first where Foxtrot and Paresi properly feature on the recordings. Previous releases were mostly Moss and producer Alan Maguire working in the studio, but this one breathes differently. The live rhythm section brings momentum and texture that wasn’t there before.
The opening track, “Hungry For The Prize,” kicks things off with the journey-driven energy the album centres on. It’s about movement, ambition, the pull of the unknown. Themes that run through everything KEELEY does.
With a UK headline tour coming and more eyes on the project than ever, this feels like a turning point.
