François Marry is a multi-talented songwriter, musician, animator and artist, hailing from Saintes, a small town on the west coast of France and is the most recent signing to Domino records, home to Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand.
François’ playful vocals croon above electronic beats, African rhythms, rich piano chords, shimmering electric guitars and an all-female polyphonic vocal group to create a colourful sound-world. Performing his Gallic chamber-pop to tie-in with the release of album ‘E Volo Love’.
www.francoisandtheatlasmountains.com
Support comes from Stephen Hudson.
Stephen Hudson is a singer-songwriter living in Lancaster who plays heart-on-sleeve pop songs about
dog-walking, Heat magazine and grandparents.
Influenced by bands such as the Lemonheads, Belle and Sebastian, and Daniel Johnston, his sets veer between fragile, funny and fierce, whether solo or backed by his country-garage band the Fiat Pandas. He has shared bills with the likes of The Guillemots, the Young Knives, Stealing Sheep and Hot Club de Paris and his debut single ‘Tallulah?’ was played on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 2 show.
A DIY masterpiece, it was recorded above the music shop where he works Saturdays and came in a handmade piano-shaped case, quickly selling out its limited edition run.