‘Sentimental Guy’ is the sixth single from quirky indie-popster from London, Garlen Lo. It’s his midlife reflection song: remembering the past, embracing the present and hopeful for the future. The song comes with lush dreampop soundscape and fitting photobook music video. 

Quirky indie-popster from London. Likes singalongs and wordplay. AKA Hong Kong Cockney*

Garlen Lo is a born-and-bred Londoner of Hong Kong-Chinese origin. Aged 8 he was raised by a wine-guzzling auntie who played country music at max volume. One Christmas, he got a guitar and took naturally to writing drunken singalongs with twee wordplay.

He formed an unruly, skinny-jeaned indie band in the mid-2000s, but after that imploded, tried to become a respectable member of society. Not quite succeeding at that either, he resumed his love for songwriting during the pandemic. And he is super chuffed that his first five singles have all been someone’s ‘track of the week’.

He is a one-man band: playing all the instruments, singing, producing, and making the music videos. He’d like to give gigging a go again but can’t face the stress of forming a band.

Songs about unrequited/nostalgic love seems to be his thing. Just because. His Mastermind subject would be The Beatles and Chelsea FC.

*For a short time, he went by the artist name Hong Kong Cockney but lacked the confidence to see it through. He likes it as a nickname though, like Springsteen’s The Boss.