All the pieces However The Lady cowl Charli XCX, Adrianne Lenker and extra as they play first gigs in 25 years at intimate London exhibits

All the pieces However The Lady have carried out their first gigs in 25 years at a pair of intimate London exhibits.

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On April 6 and seven, All the pieces However The Lady – the duo of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt – staged their first public live shows since 2000 at MOTH Membership in London. To mark the special day, Thorn and Watt performed a myriad of their authentic hits, in addition to covers of songs from the likes of Charli XCX, Adrianne Lenker and extra.

The duo opened their April 6 present with a canopy of Cole Porter’s ‘Evening and Day’, and later within the set performed a canopy of Charli XCX’s ‘I Would possibly Say One thing Silly’. On the April 7 gig, additionally they carried out covers of Bridget St. John’s ‘Music To Maintain You Firm’, Adrianne Lenker’s ‘Something’ and Household Stereo’s ‘Eliminated’.

Footage from the exhibits has but to be made accessible on social media.

All the pieces However The Lady’s MOTH Membership setlists had been:

April 6:
‘Evening and Day’ (Cole Porter cowl)
‘No Distinction’
‘Mine’
‘Hendra’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Music To Maintain You Firm’ (Bridget St. John cowl)
‘I Don’t Perceive Something’
‘Smoke’ (Tracey Thorn track)
‘Winter’s Eve’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Single’
‘I Would possibly Say One thing Silly’ (Charli XCX cowl)
‘Run A Crimson Mild’
‘Frost and Hearth’
‘North Marine Drive’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Small City Lady’ (Tracey Thorn track)
‘Eliminated’ (Household Stereo cowl)
‘Irene’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Downhill Racer’
‘Mirrorball’
‘Nothing Left to Lose’
’twenty fifth December’

April 7:
‘Evening and Day’ (Cole Porter cowl)
‘No Distinction’
‘Mine’
‘Hendra’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Music To Maintain You Firm’ (Bridget St. John cowl)
‘Something’ (Adrianne Lenker cowl)
‘Smoke’ (Tracey Thorn track)
‘Winter’s Eve’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Single’
‘I Would possibly Say One thing Silly’ (Charli XCX cowl)
‘Run A Crimson Mild’
‘Frost and Hearth’
‘North Marine Drive’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Small City Lady’ (Tracey Thorn track)
‘Eliminated’ (Household Stereo cowl)
‘Irene’ (Ben Watt track)
‘Downhill Racer’
‘Mirrorball’
‘Nothing Left to Lose’
’twenty fifth December’

The live shows come after the band returned with their first new music in 24 years again in January 2023, dropping the stirring single ‘Nothing Left To Lose’. In April that very same 12 months, they dropped the album ‘Fuse’, their first report since 1999.

Upon its launch, ‘Fuse’ was given a glowing four-star overview by NME and described as “immensely satisfying”. “Past the discharge of this undertaking, the band have little in the way in which introduced for upcoming exhibits, however the energy of their return on ‘Fuse’ is lots,” it learn. “That is the uncommon event of a reunion between collaborators – as companions, dad and mom, creators – that proves how large an affect their music has made on the panorama that has adopted, and to get pleasure from and seize this second whereas it’s right here.”

Chatting with NME about their comeback, Watt stated: “We’ve by no means been a very nostalgic band – we’ve at all times been identified for making a distinct report each time. Generally that’s meant going in opposition to the mainstream, however we simply attempt to maintain ourselves and maintain issues up to date.

“We wished to return again with one thing modern-sounding,” he added. “We’re not on the market on the heritage path doing ‘better of’ excursions or taking part in arenas. We simply wished to make a bit of labor that might sound nice now in 2023. That was the motive force.”