An Organ Thing of The Day today? Way too busy for music today, music eats our days, there needs to be more days, there’s paint to throw, “how did we get here?” 

Here’s a fine thing of for a Thing of The Day today, something that feels like a rather strong step forward from Ry-Guy in terms of the colour of his music and that black dress found surfing the net in the trembling hours of the mornings and being through with all those views. There’s something good evolving out of South London here…

Ry-Guy is a South London-based music maker whose music sits at the intersection of soul, some kind of low slung psychedelia and a touch of art-pop (rather than pop-art).

A new EP, Like a River, has just been announced. The EP is set for release March 27th and in making the announcement a first piece of music from the record has been shared, Dunja (pronounced “Doon-yah”), here it is….

“Shaped by a deep sense of heritage and a commitment to telling stories often left unheard. Born in London to a West Indian/Caribbean family with roots in Guyana and Barbados, Ry-Guy is highly influenced by the soundsystem culture of his Guyanese / Caribbean heritage as well as art movements like Impressionism and Surrealism and treats songwriting as both personal expression and cultural document”. 

“Dunja features a driving, guitar-led sound and an unforgettable chorus replete with 60s style backing vocals – then takes a complete left turn, building up to a crashing crescendo, before then veering off into a space rock coda for its final 60 seconds. The result is an epic single that feels like three songs in one and further confirms RY-GUY as one of the most unique indie artists currently around. Recorded at the legendary RAK Studios in London by Adele Phillips (Speedy Wunderground) and mixed by George Murphy (The Specials, Hotel Lux, Major Lazer), Ry-Guy speaks about the idea behind Dunja and “a powerful anthem for ethnic women navigating the challenges of a Western world, this song speaks to their resilience in overcoming male oppression, violence, and the patriarchy. It’s a celebration of strength, defiance, and the pursuit of freedom in the face of adversity.”

“Classically trained on piano from a young age in South London, Ry-Guy’s early immersion in artists such as Otis Redding and Al Green laid a soulful foundation, while a formative encounter with Jimi Hendrix opened up a more expansive, boundary-less approach to composition. After years of writing and recording demos on a 4-track recorder, Ry-Guy emerged as a project driven by the desire to release the kinds of musical narratives he felt were missing from the contemporary landscape.

Ry-Guy’s work often centres marginalised perspectives through abstract lyricism and textured soundscapes. His upcoming EP Like A River was conceived as an honest, self-contained artwork – one that balances a direct pop sensibility with enough sonic grit and ambiguity for listeners to lose themselves within it. Themes of strength, defiance and self-affirmed freedom run throughout the record, portraying life candidly and in the present tense. The project’s DIY ethos extends beyond the music itself, encompassing self-shot artwork, deliberately chosen track titles, and a visual world that reinforces the EP’s emotional core”. 

See Ry-Guy live:
 21 March 2026 – Coventry, Just Dropped In
28 March 2026 – Liverpool, Jacaranda
31 March 2026 – London, Shacklewell Arms
23 May 2026 –  Southampton, Wanderlust Festival

Here’s a Linktree full of links

And here’s some more, from just over a year ago…

and from nine months ago…