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Music > Live Reviews The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA 14/10/23 On what was an incredibly stormy night, Funeral For A Friend celebrated twenty years (to the day) of their debut album Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation with a powerful, joyous performance driven by two decades of yearning to be understood. Funeral… had brought some friends along for the ride and opening up were The Nightmares.

Music > Live Reviews Norwich Arts Centre 17/08/23 Bringing a touch of Edinburgh magic to this fine City, Hamish Hawk and his trusty band arrive at the Arts Centre in fine fettle. Fresh from releasing one of the albums of the year in ‘Angel Numbers’ they have a collection of songs built to woo any audience they may encounter. Along for the ride and opening proceedings were ‘Redolent’ fellow label mates to Hawk, they sound incredibly beautiful in the church halls.

Music > Live Reviews The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA 09/08/23 On a short promotional tour via HMV to promote their number one album ‘Dead Club City’ Nothing But Thieves arrived at the UEA in good heart and smiles aplenty. Billed as ‘An Acoustic Evening With….’ The band slimmed down to a three piece to perform a collection of songs taken from across their career thus far with the addition of fans given the opportunity to ask questions in a Q&A style at a couple of points between songs.