King Hannah

King Hannah are a Liverpool-based duo formed by Hannah Merrick and Craig Whittle, whose music exists somewhere between atmospheric indie rock, dream pop, slow-burning Americana and the darker edges of alternative music. Built around Merrick’s distinctive vocals and quietly incisive songwriting and Whittle’s expansive guitar work, they have developed a sound that is intimate and cinematic, shifting from hushed, hypnotic passages to towering waves of distortion. Since emerging in 2017, King Hannah have carved out a world entirely their own. Their songs find poetry in the ordinary, blending fleeting observations, dark humor, vulnerability and the strange moments that can feel disproportionately significant. Merrick’s writing brings beauty and absurdity to everyday life, while Whittle’s arrangements create an expansive emotional landscape around it. There is a natural tension at the heart of King Hannah’s music: beauty alongside unease, tenderness alongside menace, restraint alongside release. Influences ranging from Mazzy Star and Portishead to PJ Harvey and '90s alternative rock can be felt, but the result is distinctly their own — sparse and spacious one moment, noisy and cathartic the next. That contrast is particularly powerful live. Merrick’s intimate vocals and Whittle’s atmospheric guitar can expand into something much larger, creating an immersive experience that balances hypnotic stillness with sudden, visceral eruptions.