The Shellies Build a Bright, Story-Driven Music World
A four-piece music group with a growing video audience, The Shellies bring songs, animation and storytelling into one imaginative project. Their work gives press, promoters, broadcasters and creative partners a lively starting point for features, performances and collaborative ideas.
The Shellies’ YouTube presence
- 27.9 thousand subscribers on @TheShelliesChannel
- More than 1.7 million views
- 120 music videos featuring singles they have produced
A Catalogue with Room to Explore
The Shellies are a UK-based collective of singing songwriters who find inspiration in everyday experiences, personal journeys and places shaped by imagination. Their sound features memorable melodies, close group vocals and a warm, handmade quality. Here n There, their creative setting, gives songs a shared landscape where familiar moments can become stories.
Recent singles include “Create Away,” “Sally Custard,” “A Little Bit of Fun,” “My Life Reprise” and “Life’s a Circus.” They are a selection from the group’s wider collection of songs, each adding a fresh detail to its musical world. “A Bit Like” brings forward themes of kindness, curiosity and emotional discovery.
The Shellies make room for optimism throughout their work. Happiness, hope and creative expression sit alongside a can-do spirit that encourages listeners to notice the small details around them and follow their own ideas. The group records at Dandelion Pie Studios, its home-built studio, and its music is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other major streaming platforms.
That combination of clear songwriting and visual storytelling lets a feature introduce several sides of the project. A profile might focus on the group’s home recording process, while an interview can explore how a lyric develops into a cartoon, zine or story. For listeners, the streaming catalogue offers an easy way to hear the music behind the larger concept.
A Format for Many Creative Settings
Songwriting provides a natural meeting point for the Shellies and their collaborators. Musicians, producers, animators and visual artists have helped the project extend into zines, illustrations, cartoons, videos and stories. Ideas can move between these forms: a song can suggest a character, while a drawing or story may inspire another musical direction.
That flexibility creates useful possibilities for people working across media and live events:
- Press and editors can explore the band’s independent studio practice, its distinctive setting of Here n There, or the links between songs and visual storytelling.
- Promoters and event organisers can consider the group for intimate stages, community programmes and family-friendly events, with its colourful creative identity offering material for a wider event experience.
- Broadcasters and producers can draw on original songs and visual material for interviews, features or potential projects connected to film, theatre and art.
- Creative partners can bring ideas in music, animation, illustration, performance, zines or storytelling and develop them with the group’s existing universe.
For promoters, the Shellies’ close vocals and upbeat songs can help create a welcoming atmosphere for shared listening. The band’s experience working across music and visual ideas can also give event planners a creative theme to build around, especially for arts programmes and family audiences.
The Shellies’ upbeat character gives these opportunities a common thread, while the different formats let partners shape an experience around their audience. The project can be presented through a live performance, an editorial story or a cross-disciplinary collaboration, with each format drawing on the same imaginative foundation.
About the Band
The Shellies are a UK-based four-piece creative music group and collective of singing songwriters. They record at their home-built Dandelion Pie Studios, drawing inspiration from daily life, personal journeys and the joyful spirit of their Shire. The band’s wider output combines original songs with illustrations, animation, zines, cartoons and stories created with fellow artists.
They also make Shellie Kidz, a children’s YouTube channel following cartoon characters on a “musical, creative and whacky journey” as they create music, zines and stories. The channel aims to begin with fun, finish with fun, encourage creativity and bring smiles. Shellie Kidz has 17.3 thousand subscribers, 177 videos and more than 1.4 million views. For business enquiries, contact shelliecove@gmail.com.
A World Ready for What Comes Next
The Shellies have created a welcoming music project with plenty of paths for new audiences to discover it. Their catalogue, video archive and collaborative approach invite partners to help carry its songs and stories into fresh settings.
