Description

Keeley Forsyth is a composer, singer and actor from Oldham in the north-west of England.



Built upon sparse arrangements, Forsyth?s music is centred around a singular, emotionally raw and magnetic vocal delivery, by turns devastating and uplifting. The characters who populate her songs tell stories of the high and low tides; of freedom and entrapment, of hard-won triumphs and the darker corners of domestic life.

Debut album Debris was released in January 2020 via The Leaf Label. Written in collaboration with pianist and composer Matthew Bourne, it?s an intimate document of personal change, an outpouring of candid, haunting lyrics detailing the seismic ruptures which take place behind closed doors. It was accompanied by videos directed by Maxine Peake and Andrew Hulme. The critical response to Debris was unanimously positive, with The Sunday Times declaring it ?one of the most remarkable [albums] in years? and The Guardian describing it as ?a shivery descendent of Scott Walker?s Tilt, a more unsettling older sister of Aldous Harding?s Designer?.


Debris was followed up with the Photograph EP in November 2020, which continued Forsyth?s fruitful working relationship with Matthew Bourne, and brought Trestle Records? Ross Downes into the fray.
New album Limbs will be released on February 25 2022. Where Debris was composed and recorded in close proximity to instrumentalist and arranger Matthew Bourne, Limbs deploys a more expansive palette. With Forsyth at the centre, collaborator Ross Downes acts as another limb, remotely producing the pulses and drones which feed back into the voice. Bourne this time is enlisted to ?Bring some of the soil of Debris? into Limbs. The result is clear and spacious.

On Debris:

?Debris is an astonishing debut, not just for the power of the songs, but for the journey they trace? 8/10 Uncut

?This deeply melancholic brand of haunting, sparse folk is as intoxicating as it is unsettling? 4/5 Q

?Reminiscent of Nico, or Karen Dalton, Beth Gibbons at the edges - leaving the deepest impression? 4/5 Mojo

Description

The Brudenell is a lively and fun loving venue that embraces music and art under a wide and diverse umbrella that has no boundaries.

Our open music policy believes in freedom and creation and holds the belief that music and expression provide useful social interaction.

It is a community ‘non profitmaking’ venue, that holds charitable status, based in Leeds 6. The Brudenell Social Club is owned by its members, run by its members, for its members.

The Brudenell is most famous for hosting secret gigs for bands like Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs. However, it has been a centrepiece of the Leeds music scene for a number of years, and hosts gigs most nights of the week, which are put on by a variety of local promoters.

33 Queens Road,

Burley,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire,

England,

LS6 1NY.

0113 275 2411