Bandcamp Picks
Aldous Harding“Bristol Beacon”
Matt Barnes’ Bristol24/7 review captures Aldous Harding at Bristol Beacon as surreal, intense and completely singular. The night opened with fellow New Zealand artist Vera Ellen, before Harding took the stage in a quiet, reverent setup with her musicians arranged around her. The review focuses on Harding’s physical, instinctive performance style: shifting voices, sudden stillness, strange humour, full-band beauty and songs that seemed to pass through her rather than simply being performed. Barnes highlights moments including Train on the Island , One Stop , Fever , Coats , Imagining My Man and Designer .