PrettyInScarlett

A special solo trip to the Norwegian Church arts centre on 9 th March to see Icelandic band hjaltalín together with support from Dry The River. I heard about the show via email lists from the people behind Swn (join the list/ Facebook group if you haven't already). Partly from lack of time, I treated the evening as a 'random gig number 3' so wasn't sure what to expect! Turns out it was an excellent evening (shades of last year's Woodpigeon gig) & pretty much a capacity crowd. A note for cake lovers -the cafe/bar at the Church was still selling foodie bits along with drinks, had a hard time resisting! Dry The River were very good. I don't know much about their background (plenty of scope online as they have both a website and myspace ), but their set (all new stuff - believe the debut album is currently being recorded) seemed to me to show shades of William Elliott Whitmore , Jeff Buckley; lo fi indie ish with a bit of modern folk thrown in. Very int