Cold Specks

Cold Specks is the stage name of Ladan Hussein, a Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Canada, and currently based in Montréal. The name Cold Specks is taken from a line in James Joyce's Ulysses. Cold Specks appeared on Series 39, Episode 7, of Later with Jools Holland. Her debut single "Holland" was released on October 17, 2011,. She released her debut album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, on May 21, 2012, on Mute Records and Arts & Crafts in Canada. Cold Specks appears on two tracks of Moby's 2013 album Innocents, including the lead single, “A Case for Shame,” which was released on 1 July 2013. She also appears on the track “Bring the Sun” of Swans’ 2014 album To Be Kind. Cold specks appears on the song "Ceaseless Inexhaustible Child" of Ambrose Akinmusire's 2014 album The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint. Her second album, Neuroplasticity, was released on August 26, 2014. It features trumpet playing by Ambrose Akinmusire and backing vocals from Michael Gira of Swans.