Independent Venue Week: Faith Eliott
It's Independent Venue Week! To celebrate, we're delighted to bring you a series of short performances from some of our favourite artists, filmed live at The Glad Cafe. Tune in via Facebook or YouTube.
Tonight we revisit a set from the brilliant Faith Eliott at The Glad Cafe, that was recorded and premiered back in November.
All of our IVW filmed performances are free to view on Facebook and YouTube, however we strongly encourage you to donate what you can to the artist’s virtual ‘tip jar’. A link will be shared on the night of the performance.
More info: Faith Eliott is a songwriter and visual artist currently based in Glasgow. They grew up in Minneapolis and relocated with their family to Scotland aged 13.
Faith’s debut LP ‘Impossible Bodies’ was released on April 19th, 2019. It came out via OK Pal Records, a label which Eliott formed in cahoots with fellow song-writer Hailey Beavis in late 2018. The record was in part inspired by Faith’s interest in medieval bestiaries, which are illustrated compendiums of animals. Each entry in a bestiary depicts an animal and is accompanied by a meaning or a lesson that it symbolises. ‘Impossible Bodies’ is based on the same framework, with each song represented by a different creature. These stories are set to an atmospheric mix of finger-picking guitar, strings, electric guitar and percussion. Sometimes swirling and aquatic, sometimes doomy, and sometimes more patently ‘folk’.
Faith is also taking part in the Glad:Online// project alongside Suse Bear of Good Dog, Pictish Trail, and Pastels fame who will also make an appearance at this specially filmed performance.
*Please be assured that all performances were filmed following strict COVID safety guidelines