#002
Set List
War & Churches
The Beast
Father Knows Best
Spectrum
Buried
While Away
Turn ‘em all Sour
Wallop, Knutsford
Twenty-second of June, twenty-twenty-five. When I started doing open mics in January, I spent a few days clawing through Facebook to find every regular event I could within 30-minutes of my front door so I could fill my calendar, take advantage of every urge and never have an excuse not to go out and get better. At the very top of that list in a hierarchy spanning from “I could smash that room pissed with two broken hands” to “I’m gonna get f*****g creamed if I try my sweaty schtick there”, Wallop was at the latter end; the Lo-Tide open mic nights showcase the very best of the musicians in their area, to the point where you often have to book to get a slot.
But, six months in, on an otherwise lazy Sunday, I saw a post from Caleb inviting people to come to their Sunday Knutsford open mic and, for whatever reason, thought “f**k it.” And… it was chill. Me and Caleb’s dad. A quiet week, but it broke the ice. So I came back; busier this time, more people, more talent. And based off whatever I did that night, I landed a 30-minute feature set with them a few weeks later.
So at time of writing, that set was yesterday. Still sweating, but most of the shakes had stopped, and yet again I had a room of people listening to my bulls**t. It was awesome. On top of that, I was preceded and then subsequently followed by Sacha and Millie. Sacha is a pianist, vocalist and electronic artist, casually dancing between stages in London and Manchester to perform incredible original pieces. Millie, meanwhile, is a 15-year-old girl with more self-awareness and soul in her voice than an 80-year-old gospel singer. In short, I have never been so openly exhilarated to be well and truly up-staged.