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This family theme begins with support act Georgia Seddon. The young singer-songwriter has an interesting connection of her own, as her dad is none other than Mike Heron, one half of pioneering ’60s psychedelic folkies The Incredible String Band. Tonight she alternates between a white, shrouded Roland onstage and a hefty grand piano to the side of the stage, which dwarfs her slender frame. At the piano, little black dress there are shades of Regina Spektor in Seddon’s high-range delivery, though she feels a bit less secure in the lower register. She starts brightly, coaxing chiming guitar sounds from the keyboard on “Bird” to match her sweet, ascending vocal. Her seven-song set has close affinity with the String Band in its minor key modulations and lyrical themes mostly drawn from the natural world. She closes with “Paths”, sweet-talking subtle effects from the keyboard that blend and lift the piece to greater heights. Her double-tracked vocal towards the end adds more beauty to an ethereal song, before she shyly exits to warm applause.

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The real high point, though, is Alessi Laurent-Marke herself. She commands the stage through an endearing mixture of charm, comic timing, and modesty that cannot fail to engage an audience. There are delightful girlie touches like decorating the stage with bits and pieces from her bedroom and having the setlist scribbled on a paper plate. You come in liking her and leave loving her. Thankfully, the sound improves greatly for two beguiling solo songs exclusive cocktail dresses exclusive cocktail dresses, “Witch” and  “The Bird Song”. Still only 20, Laurent-Marke may get held up alongside Laura Marling but a closer yardstick, should you want one, is Kate Walsh, although she confesses after the show that she hasn’t heard her. What distinguishes Laurent-Marke, though, black and white evening dresses are the unusual inflections in her voice that may come from her French mother’s side and add a touch of smoke to the youthful purity.

Unfortunately, the bass boom returns for the title track of her new record, Time Travel, but help is at hand with the arrival onstage of former Soft Boy Robyn Hitchcock, long dress long dress resplendent in a paisley shirt and sporting a mop-top of graying hair. This is a cue for a lengthy digression, as Laurent-Marke gives a rambling account of how she knows Hitchcock, how she knows the band members, how they know each other. The audience laps this up but are maybe none the wiser at the end given the singer’s habit of straying off-mic to pick things up while delivering such asides. Hitchcock plays a sparkling, fluid guitar intro and delivers an assured vocal on one of his songs, the title of which was lost to me off-mic and then adds some brisk strumming on Alessi’s Ark tune “The Horse” bridesmaid dresses red bridesmaid dresses red.

Hitchcock’s cameo brings a much cleaner sound, which remains throughout the rest of the show, allowing Laurent-Marke’s vocal to shine on her assured Lesley Gore cover, “ bride wedding dresses uk bride wedding dresses uk;Maybe I Know”, and the bewitching “Hummingbird”. The band is then given rein to rock out on the closing segue of “Asteroids Collide” and “Run”. Finally, “The Robot” provides a lilting encore lit up by some Harrison-esque guitar licks. The houselights come on a mite too quickly, but the audience leaves content in the knowledge that they have been guests at a rather special tea party.

Georgia Seddon setlist:
Bird
Revive
Snow
Return
Bridges
My Song
Paths

Alessis’s Ark setlist:
The Dog
On The Plains
Wire
Must Have Grown
Witch
The Bird Song
Time Travel
Madonna Of The Wasps
Robyn Hitchcock song
The Horse
Maybe I Know
Hummingbird
Asteroids Collide/Run
Encore:
The Robot

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