Russian Red

Towards the tail end of the 2000s Hernández met producer Brian Hunt and before long the two began collaborating together. Hunt assisted in the singer’s recording of a demo, which featured the still unpublished tracks “Reason”, “The Night of the Paper” and “Sadie”. Hernández uploaded the tracks to her MySpace and found herself with over 70,000 visits to her page by 2008. The singer started making inroads into the Spanish indie scene which an extensive list of performances in 2007 including the Primavera Sound festival among others.

The name Russian Red is derived from the colour lipstick the singer usually wears, and from previously being in a band that was without a name and developing an obsession with finding the perfect moniker.

In 2008 Hernández was asked by Spanish music producer Fernando Vacas to record an album to be issued by his label Eureka. Russian Red’s debut album “I Love Your Glasses” was what resulted, and quickly became popular within indie circles and some mainstream circles. After the release Hernández signed with Octubre of Sony Music Spain in 2010 through which she issued her sophomore album “Fuertoventura” in May, 2011. The album was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland with producer Tony Doogan, known for his work with alternative artists Belle & Sebastian, Dave Byrne and Mogwai. Following the successful release Hernández embarked on a tour of Asia includeng China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Hernández has subsequently released the 2014 album “Agent Cooper” accompanied by the singles “Casper”, “John Michael” and “Michael P”.