Future Water (formerly the Society of British Water & Wastewater Industries) has given its annual prize to singer-songwriter L氓psley.
L氓psley鈥檚 electro-ambient second album, released in 2020, is called Through Water and includes tracks called Leeds Liverpool Canal and My Love Was Like The Rain
Future Water said that its prize was for 鈥渁chievement, across a career or for changing the way we think. Critical to meeting the challenges we face is how we communicate, to each other and to those who are not in our sector鈥.
It added: 鈥淲hen many of the issues we face can seem overwhelming, or insurmountable, art can help us not just communicate differently but also see things differently.鈥
Future Water chief executive Paul Horton said: 鈥淚t is with great pleasure that the Future Water award goes to L氓psley for the album Through Water 鈥 聽it brings climate change and music together with its title songs and helps take a new look at the environment around us with Leeds Liverpool Canal. What we need to do now is work with artists to help us all to listen.鈥
On collecting her award L氓psley (real name Holly Lapsley Fletcher, from York) said: 鈥淭he majority of impacts from climate change will be felt through water. I believe that music and the arts are crucial platforms to express the complexity of emotions created by the world鈥檚 water issues, as well as a place for activism and education. Thank you for recognising my work in furthering that communication.鈥
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