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Lucy Rose + Nathan Holme
Presented by: Green Mind Gigs| 0 | CAMBRIDGE: Green Mind @ The Portland Arms |
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| P | Monday 28th May, 2012 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Event information
http://www.myspace.com/lucyrosemusic
"This young singer-songwriter with the acoustic guitar who sang with Bombay Bicycle Club on ‘Flaws’ will inevitably draw comparisons with Laura Marling. There are similarities, but Lucy Rose is no- imitation, and a forthcoming (it’s being mixed as she plays tonight) debut album and this show should go a long way towards proving it for good.
A double bill of emotive, song-focused acts begins with Blackpool’s Rae Morris, down in “that London” to showcase the 18-year-old’s solo piano-based ballads and, apparently, enjoy a luxurious Nando’s at Euston Station. All shy banter, big hair and epic voice, Morris’ songs are lovingly carved, but occasionally so much so that a certain spontaneity is lost.
Lucy Rose manages to combine the best of two worlds; the pop craft demonstrated by her band’s subtle flecks of guitar, synth and even cello on occasion, and a natural romance and swing that engage the hips and the heart. If her voice isn’t quite as adaptable and all encompassing as Marling’s, then it is a shade sweeter, a sort of moreish appetiser to Marling’s full-blown meal. It feels like the sound as a whole is most crucial to her, not the desire to write the perfect song, and it’s that sound at its fluid and fleshed out best that sets her apart." The Fly
Venue information
CAMBRIDGE: Green Mind @ The Portland Arms| 0 | 129 Chesterton Rd Cambridge CB4 3BA |
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| > | www.greenmind.co.uk |
| ! | 01223 357268 |
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