The 16 track strong setlist this evening opens with Until the Sun Comes Up and Like You Say You Do. Now joining her bandmates on guitar she carries on with Panic Cord, Heavy Heart and Kitsugi. The respect from the audience is noted, you can hear a pin drop during the music and the applause at the end is huge. Waking Up Slow keeps the crowd on their toes, with a lively beat, but things afre soon slowed again for another heartfelt ballad in Nothing Really Matters.
Strange, Home Is Where Your Heart Is and Dear Happy closed the first part of the set, and Aplin plus band left to a standing ovation. They returned within a few minutes for a two track encore, lifting the mood again with the uptempo Sweet Nothing and closing the evening with Miss You.
This was a decent concert with the singer songwriter in a smaller, more intimate venue, and the acoustics lent themselves perfectly to the music being showcased, although at times she maybe tried too hard to emulate the John Lewis advert, as when she lifted the mood she performed those more lively tunes perfectly well too. However, the crowd all seemed to have had an entertaining evening, a great venue, a great voice and a great night out.
REVIEW + PHOTOS BY: | STEPHEN WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY
