NEWSFLASH: Holdfast announce two exciting new support slots!
Posted: April 28th, 2009 | Author: Matt | Filed under: News | Tags: Holdfast, Polly Scattergood, The Joy Formidable | No Comments »Call Upon The Author favourites Holdfast have announced two very exciting new support slots in the coming months.
On May 14th they’ll be heading up to London’s Luminaire to support Polly Scattergood. Polly is garnering rave reviews in the press and a huge following. This will be at one of The Luminaire’s ever popular Mish Mash nights, blending the best touring artists with young up and comers. Fans from Portsmouth can get in touch with the band via their myspace (below) to book a seat on a chartered bus to take them to and from the Big Smoke for the gig too!
On June 10th the band support The Joy Formidable at The Joiners in Southampton. The Joy Formidable follow the same lineage as White Lies harking back to the sounds of 80′s alt rockers (a sound that Holdfast evoke so well and so naturally).
Fopr those with nothing to do tomorrow night, the band will be playing a set at Waster in Portsmouth’s Envy nightclub too, so strap on your dancing shoes and head down to check out one of the most exciting young acts on the south coast!
www.myspace.com/pollyscattergood
www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable
Stiff Promotions have a strong reputation and steady following in Portsmouth, but when they decided to venture into Southampton we at Call Upon The Author decided we had to be there! The Talking Heads is a real spit & sawdust venue, a stage in the large back area of what is essentially a pub. It really works though, there is a ton of atmosphere here. First up on stage were Loz Bridge and the Box Social. Bridge and his band have really grown in the past year from a bunch of guys with good songs into one of the most impressive bands in the south. Tonight they played old favourites like ‘Witches’ and China and a couple of new tracks, most notably ‘Brazen Bull’, a departure for the band musically with it’s much more uptempo vibe. Andy Foster was on form tonight too, layering bluesy guitar over the songs in ways I’d not heard before from the band. Next up were Light Effect. You may remember these guys as Beau Monde, but their former front man is gone, replaced by rhythm guitarist Austin. It seems to have worked in the bands favour, shaping them into a much more cohesive unit. Of all the bands that regularly ply their trade locally, these guys look most suited to mainstream success. When Polly Scattergood took to the stage I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Speaking to her before the show she seemed a little shy and withdrawn and I’d heard tales of stage fright, but when she began performing she held the attention of every audience member. Swaying and gesturing like Kate Bush, she put me in mind of a British Paula Cole with her interesting song structures. She is already picking up plenty of media interest and judging by the crowd reaction when she attempted to leave the stage, she’s only going to get more popular with the public too!
