Nadia Reid’s Enter Now Brightness is an album of departure and questioning, a reminder that songwriting can transform pain, joy, thoughts, and anger into something new. “I’m so much better off now that it exists,” she says. “Now feels like a new time.”
Moving further from her folk roots, Reid establishes a sound distinctly her own—poised and expansive. The title, drawn from a book passage, evokes light breaking through, the feeling of stepping onto a stage, of life beginning.
A record of great beauty and change, Enter Now Brightness captures Reid’s evolution, blending textural pop, country-leaning folk-rock, and striking emotional depth. The Guardian describes her sound as “halfway between Haim’s sophisticated pop sparkle and Sharon Van Etten’s full-throated songcraft.”
"Moving away from folk, the New Zealand songwriter embraces a full bodied sound halfway between Haim's sophisticated pop sparkle and Sharon Van Etten's full-throated songcraft." – The Guardian
“Reid has built a name for herself as a chronicler of emotional complexities…capturing the joy and pain of living in an opaque fashion” – The Times
“Chords of pure delight…a bold, beautiful album” – UNCUT
Growing up, Kevin Fowley split his time between living in France and Ireland. He listened to French lullabies sung by his mother in one room, while his father would be playing Donegal tunes on the fiddle in another. “I’m lucky to have been brought up bilingual and bicultural,” he says. “What I find interesting is that I usually think in English, but if I intentionally start thinking in French, a markedly different side of my personality comes through, encouraging different thought patterns.”
And this is apparent on his recent beautiful record of French lullabies À Feu Doux, which encompasses musical elements from both worlds, as it seamlessly glides across folk, jazz, and a rich yet shimmering in between sound. Varnished and exposed is the feeling that floats through Fowley's music like a gentle gust of wind creeping in through the open window at night.
Real night time music.
“Serge Gainsbourg doing his best Songs Of Leonard Cohen impression.” UNCUT
"Irish-French artist Kevin Fowley has made a subtle album of 15th-century French lullabies, blending the songs with jazz-dappled arrangements and tape manipulations." The Guardian
Age: 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
Advance tickets - £16. On the door - £18.
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