Alpha Maid, aka Leisha Thomas, is a guitarist, vocalist and producer from South London. Her work is centred around the guitar while remaining open to a wide range of influences — from dub, reflecting her Jamaican heritage and the history of the Windrush Generation, to more emotive, emo-inflected songwriting.

On Is this a queue, released by AD 93, Alpha Maid begins from a sense of frustration with the predictable narratives and systems that shape everyday life. The album was partly inspired by particle physics and by the uncertainty that comes with recognising how little of the universe we are actually able to understand. Written over several years and in different places, the record documents journeys, encounters and moments of the present, focusing on what remains unseen, unknown and difficult to define.

Her debut EP Spy was released in 2019 by the CURL collective/label, followed by CHUCKLE EP on C.A.N.V.A.S. in 2021. Alpha Maid continues to collaborate with fellow CURL members including Coby Sey and Mica Levi, with whom she independently released the joint EP spresso in 2023.