Ainsley Farrell Walls

"Walls came to me during a period when I was feeling stuck."

Alluring melodies wrapped in a stunning vocal, delivered with an Americana folk sound that leaves you a little giddy. That is the only way to describe Californian native, Ainsley Farrell. After a whirlwind set of SXSW showcases she returns with her new single and video, filmed in her grandparent's house in Ohio, Walls out now. 

"Walls came to me during a period when I was feeling stuck," Farrell tells of the writing process. "I was thinking a lot about how I got to this point and if I've stayed true to my younger self. It was a lot of looking back at what I've given up to get to here and wondering if it's all been worth it."

Farrell first made her mark on the Australian music scene in 2017 receiving airplay from radio stations all around Australia, including Triple J. Following her January 2017 release of Lady Long Hair, Farrell was named FBi Radio's Independent Artist of the Week and received high rotation on Sydney's FBi along with her single Dark Hours. 

The self-directed video, filmed by Michael Burley, was filmed in Farrell's grandparents house in Huber Heights, Ohio. "The house was built in 1983 on a land grant from president Van Buren. My grandma put up all this great wallpaper when her and my grandpa moved in 1978. Each room has a theme - the cat room, bear room, yellow room, blue room. My mom used to make her own stuffed animals when she was little and the smiley face and blue mouse are her handy work."

Farrell's musical beginnings started early, screaming and pounding on her parent's piano as a baby.  Having picked up a friend's guitar in high school for the first time,  it wasn't until Farrell moved from the U.S to Sydney that she really started getting serious about her music.

"I've been writing songs for a long time now, but didn't really start playing gigs and getting serious about it until I moved to Sydney," she explains. 

"I met other musicians who were really going for it and they helped guide me in the same direction. I actually played my first U.S. gig ever this year at SXSW."

"I've been able to support some amazing Australian artists, who I really admire and whose music I really enjoy."

Farrell has recently supported Julia Jacklin, Stella Donnelly, Angie McMahon, Jess Locke, Katy Steele, Brightness, Slow Dancer, Emma Davis, and Morning TV. When seeing her live performance, it's abundantly clear that Farrell draws close inspiration from 'artists that are standing up and speaking out about social issues and trying to make positive shifts in the music industry."

Ainsley is currently on the road across the U.S. where she plans on spending the remainder of the year playing shows, writing and compiling songs for her album that she plans to release when she returns to Sydney.

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