Ed Cottam (PeekAdore)

Wow, what a voice, okay so the bloke might well fancy some woman in the crowd and isn't shy about mentioning it, and I'm here primarily to see the act after him, but I'm pleasantly surprised.

With a violinist and keyboardist, Ed says we're witnessing the formation of a new band and from now on they'll be known as PeekAdore. 'Summer Rain' is the only song I manage to catch the title of in the set for obvious reasons.

And I'm rather too captivated by old grainy footage of cornfields and cows projected beside the band which seems to rather suit the victorianesque folk delivery style.

His voice is incredibly distinct, a bit reminiscent of Antony and the Johnsons (he's probably fed up of being described thus) but my knowledge of haunting melodramatic singers is limited. It's kind of like you'd think Adgar Allen Poe might sing like, resonant and melancholy and a touch gothic and fragile.

The band around him provide a creatively understated soundscape for his words to glide in. A bit of a surprise, not the sort of stuff I usually listen to and certainly not in daylight hours.

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