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[Andy Mulhern]

Vocoustics, in conjunction with Resonance, are proud to present the brilliantly comic, dark and introspective, yet critically acclaimed


www.christt.com
£3 from 8pm

Chris T-T is an English songwriter. Since 1999, he’s released four studio albums, one live collection and a pile of singles and EPs. In 2003 Chris quit his day job of six years to make music full time, following the success of his fourth album London Is Sinking.

Chris is known for two types of song. Rabble-rousing sarcastic rants like 'Drink Beer' and 'Eminem Is Gay' contrast starkly with his more serious, darkly inventive album work. T-T songs are fiercely literate, brimful of unique perspective and underpinned by a strong sense of place.

Critics like him a lot; he's got strong alternative radio support with sessions on BBC Radio 1, BBC6Music, Resonance FM, LBC, Selector for the British Council and various regional stations. He has also supported Ben Folds, British Sea Power, Divine Comedy, Elbow, Hefner, Tom Robinson, Electric Soft Parade, Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue), Ed Harcourt, Jimbob (Carter USM), Turin Brakes, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and others.

“Fantastically intricate masterpieces... utterly indispensable... genius... a modern-day Blake... Music so liberatingly, off-centredly, life-affirmingly free, it never had moorings to slip. Outstanding.” Sunday Times - Top 5 Album of the Year 2001 & 2003

"T-T has a knack for making the mundane seem joyous. A combination of Badly Drawn Boy's ramshakle charm and the observational wit of Jarvis Cocker." Q Mag

"A capital-centric folk wonder, he specialises in finding romance in the tiniest details of urban living, crystallising them in string-powered urban folk. Funny, touching and smart." NME (8/10)

"The genius of Chris T-T's songwriting is his ability to humanise even his most outlanding conceits; they seem instead like brilliant ideas that no-one else could have come up with" The Guardian, 4 stars

"Very, very brilliant..." Rolling Stone.com

Support from:
Delawair is the musical brain-child of Scott Lyon - great acoustic musings inspired by dirty-country, sad-songs, Elliot Smith, ex-girlfriends, cigerettes and static.
www.delawair.com

The Boy Lacks Patience is Chris Murty, his piano and his talent.
He recently won the Critical Choice competition on BBC Radio Scotland's Tom Morton Show and has since been invited back to play a live session on the show. Music journalist Colin Somerville nominated him to win due to "pure originality", adding that his piece was: "...the most accomplished composition by some considerable distance that we've heard."
www.theboylackspatience.com

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[nullmouse]

Chris T-T's gigs at Dr Drakes were always a highlight, his acoustic sets especially. Really looking forward to this gig.