Dec Ramsay makes indie pop, anthemic in scale and cathartic in intent. Queer, non-binary, and unapologetically direct, Dec writes music with their heart on their sleeve.

Dec's story runs between two places. Raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, and now settled in London, they carry a dual-national identity that shows up as much in their songwriting as in their biography. It started in New Plymouth, where Dec met Peter Jefferies as a teenager in 2007-2008 and found a mentor. A veteran of the Flying Nun and Xpressway scenes and a member of This Kind of Punishment and Nocturnal Projections before a critically lauded career as a solo artist, Jefferies guided Dec's first recordings and set an early standard for what honest songwriting could sound like. 

Dec carried that grounding to Wellington, where they moved to study and began performing live, cutting their teeth as a singer-songwriter through the city's DIY scene in the 2010s, playing every venue they could and eventually across the country.

After years away from releasing music, Dec returns in 2026 with their debut single, “Gretchen Ross”. The song reflects on the aftermath of an abusive and violent relationship Dec left in 2015. “Gretchen Ross” transforms that experience of survival into something resilient, a song about healing that refuses to sit in silence, and ultimately brings closure to a story Dec has not been able to share for nearly a decade.