Andy Mulhern Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Vocoustics, in conjunction with Resonance, are proud to present the brilliantly comic, dark and introspective, yet critically acclaimedwww.christt.com3 from 8pmChris T-T is an English songwriter. Since 1999, hes 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.comSupport 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.comThe 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 Support Your Local Independant Music Promoterswww.vocoustics.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd040 Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 All this for a measly 3 too! I can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 A great showChris was great last time he played here managing to follow Thomas Truax, not an easy thing to do. Il look forward to hearing those wonderful songs again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 is it just chris or chris + band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd040 Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 I think it's a solo show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 is it just chris or chris + band?yeah its just a solo show. I saw him in edinburgh on friday night and he was very good. he played his encore to 20 people unplugged in the kitchen of the veune, the venue was also a youth hostel.tonight music starts at 8:30pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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