Joining the post-gig queue at the merch table, waiting for my turn to grab a minute with tonight’s headliner Anna Edhard, I listen in as the 6music Dads before me politely purchase their records and shirts and thank her for coming to Leeds.
For the last hour, Erhard and her band has swooned The Brudenell with a dreamy mix of simple but beautiful tracks plucked from albums Short Cut and Campsite. The singer/guitarist uses subtle mischief and humour to create and turn these innocent memories and life observations into the most captivating of hooks and imaginative lines.
Current A-list hit 170 is likely the reason many have found themselves watching here this evening. A charming song devised from an argument over who is the tallest. Of course. An indication along with another new track Botanical Garden where the next record is heading?
The addition of a little digital trickery on record, and live, that accompany these tracks adds a further dimension to the otherwise gentle and laid back songs. It is Erhard’s vocals though and that heart-warming accent courtesy of her Swiss-born, and now Berlin-residing locations that melts The Brudenell’s onlookers.
I buy my record, I thank her for the music and the visit to Leeds, hoping they will return one day soon, of which I’m assured they will.
Words - Pete Jackson
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