After years working on his EP alongside his upcoming album, it is finally here, and it’s been worth the wait. Come join Andy in celebrating the launch of his EP Tide/Shore at Cafe Kino in Stokes Croft. He’ll be joined by the wonderfull Hannah Pawson from Fritillaries. Expect intricate fingerpicking guitar with beautiful and illustrative lyrics.
Andy Skellam
“Something new and rather good” - Gideon Coe BBC 6 Music
Andy’s latest EP is a gently surreal journey. He creates intimate worlds, inviting the listener in with the warmth of his baritone voice and the often surprising turns of his fingerpicked acoustic guitar. It begins with 'Alice', a song about two people trying hard to cling to their youth and freedom and ends with 'Deep Blue Of Distance', a song of new parenthood and acceptance of the ephemeral nature of existence set against the backdrop of the Black Mountains.
'The soundtrack to resting on a broken tree in mulchy woods… [it] has provoked comparisons to Syd Barrett and Nick Drake – artists who similarly managed to butterfly-pin the strangeness of English life in music’ Dan Weltman, Hollowbody, Snails.
“A homespun sound and DIY ethic, something we much admire and are drawn to” - Folk Radio UK
Fritillaries
Hannah Pawson will be joining Andy for a solo show. Fritillaries’ music features americana instrumentation, folk roots and a pop song sensibility. It’s sometimes upbeat and driving, sometimes slow and contemplative, and always original and engaging. Something like Cara Dillon meets Born in the USA, played on banjo, guitar and mandolin.
Doors from 7pm
Tickets £8 adv // £10 on the door // concessions £6