Robyn Hitchcock
'+ Jessica Lee Morgan
Sun 12 May 2019
Category
Other Information
Seated | All Ages
Price
£15* (£13*)
Time
8pm
Robyn Hitchcock is one of Englands most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musicians musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rocks father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration).
Since founding the art-rock band The Soft Boys in 1976, Robyn has recorded more than 20 albums as well as starred in Storefront Hitchcock an in concert film recorded in New York and directed by Jonathan Demme.
Blending folk and psychedelia with a wry British nihilism, Robyn describes his songs as paintings you can listen to.
‘A gifted melodist, Hitchcock nests engaging lyrics in some of the most bracing, rainbow-hued pop this side of Revolver. He wrests inspiration not from ordinary life but from extraordinary imaginings…’
ROLLING STONE
‘These 10 gems slither, rock, roll, glide and shapeshift, coalescing around Hitchcocks typically anxious, strained but striking and immediately identifiable vocals.’
AMERICAN SONGWRITER
‘Beloved of everyone from Led Zeppelin to REM, Hitchcock has only enhanced his status with this wonderful outing.’
HOT PRESS
‘Witty, moving and seriously catchy, Robyn Hitchcock is a glorious return for a man who wasnt really gone in the first place.’
PASTE MAGAZINE