The Underground Stage
Some first-release records hit like hurricanes this year – these are just five of the best debuts I heard in 2020. BOYSCLUB – SHE, THE ATROCITY ο»Ώ Taking no prisoners from the first recorded notes, Boysclub started with a roar of speed and a clear statement of intent – no compromise, no grey area. It […]
“Ohhhh, snap. Sarah Cherlin opens up this afternoonβs fun at Sunday Setlists and promptly shushes everyone. The equivalent of an acoustic set, just the piano and THAT voice, these glorious, soaring songs are set loose to flit around the venue like newly-freed birds. A wonderful set powered by a truly wondrous talent.” Facebook | Instagram
This ridiculously good debut channels the very best bits of Montaigne and Regina Spektor – as well as both Kates Bush and Miller Heidke – to create a shimmering wonder, a towering wall of pyrotechnic whimsy carrying enough power with it to wipe whole civilisations clean off the map. The musicality here is weapons-grade, swooshing […]
βSarah Cherlin is so dramatic, quietly technical, and at the same time so mischevous and witty… my long-standing fantasy that some demonic mixture of Kate Bush, Andrew Lloyd-Webber and a goblin would write the perfect Broadway show may actually be coming true. This is fabulous songwriting.β Facebook | Instagram
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