Many will go to see this band for Graham. In fact there was already a mini queue of Graham fans when I arrived at The Lexington, who stole my customary right-side of stage position as they knew Graham was standing that side of the stage.

I headed for the other side near to Rose. Maybe because of this, the music felt more Rose’s than Graham’s

The was a lot of similarities with this music and her previous output. Lots of space for soaring dreamy indie pop vocals, with laid back drums, bass and violin interspersed with more direct vocals accompanied by frantic tambourine tapping . Where the music headed into a different direction was when Graham added angular guitars and saxophones, which at times were almost psychy. But Rose’s laid-back dreamy indie pop sensibilities still underpinned each song. This felt more of a ‘Rose band’ than a ‘Coxon band’.

It will be interesting to see if this project leads anywhere. There is an album coming soon and I assume there might be a few more gigs and possibly some in-stores. But Graham has many other projects and Rose was clearly several months pregnant. I guess it might be a while before she is ready to tour this album. Hopefully there are other outings because I enjoyed what I heard.

Support was French wistful indie pop from Clémentine March accompanied one a few song by Dana Gvanski

Artists I liked

Dilemma Collective, Benjamin Brooker, The Shivas, Public Service Broadcasting, Ezra Furman x2, This is the Kit, Mercury Rev, David Julyan & Heloïse Werner, Deerful, Gurr, Fightmilk, The Hayman Kupa Band, The Vaulted Skies, The Kut, Queen Kwong

Artists that were okay

Clémentine March, Spyros Giasafakis, Chorões, Jacob and Drinkwater, A.J. Holmes, Creatures, Hanni El Khatib, Guttfull, The Franklys, Skinny Girl Diet, Blood Dope-Honey, The Pearl Harts

Artists I won’t be going out of my way to see again

Bit Cloudy

Best Gig

Another month with some decent gigs. The highlight has to be Mercury Rev at the Barbican with an orchestra.

Best new band

A bit short of outstanding new bands. Benjamin Brooker has been around for a while and I’ve had tickets to see him, but never managed to catch him. His gig at the Moth Club was full of energy. Exactly what I expected.

Albums of the Month

• Every Valley – Public Service Broadcasting
• Moonshine Freeze – The Is The Kit
• Eurgh! – Breakfast Muff
• In My Head – Gurr

Best photo