Dan Croll graced a pack out Stereo Café Bar gig in Glasgow for show making his live come back for his second upcoming studio album release ‘Emerging Adulthood’. Kicking off his UK Tour in style as expected it was a wonderful night. As a graduate of The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, the Newcastle-born singer-songwriter has transpired to be an incredible talent.
His critically lauded 2014 debut album ‘Sweet Disarray’ showed he has no intention of sticking to one genre. His aim, his own words, is “to approach pop from an unusual angle”, and that’s exactly what he does, and displayed so well here in Glasgow tonight. He has a great ability to write razor-sharp, heart-on-sleeve lyrics and pair them joyfully, infectious rhythms. All his songs are upbeat indie-pop filled with catch hooks, which seem to just get better and better.
Outlya opened the night up, the London based upcoming band who used to be called ‘Port-Isla’ made up of Lead singer and keyboardist ‘William ‘Will’ Bloomfield’, ‘ bassist and backing vocals ‘Williem Olenski’ and drummer and backing vocalist ‘Henry Kilmister’. Outlya are new update and modern version to their previous band ‘Port-Island’ the music sounds similar, the band were performing their singles ‘Higher’, 'The Light', and their most recent single ‘Heaven’, as well as performing another tracks off their upcoming debut studio album release which the crowd waiting for Dan Croll were up for listening.
