Babitha @ The Lansdowne, 25th Nov

“Babitha is also a music video director, and while playing tonight she’s also – literally while on stage – being nominated for an ARIA. That story-telling skill seeps through into this set, every song as cinematic and sweeping as the next, alt-country shot in 75mm. It’s not as simple as writing a twangy riff and recruiting a pedal steel player though – every song might want to make you move, but there’s always sadness lurking. It’s just in the background, just out of sight, but it’s there.”