Half Moon presents:

New Moon - A Night of New Music

Elliott Pritchard + Ben Hemming + Fashion Blind + The Outlyers

Half Moon - Putney, London

£2.50 Adv / Door
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm

A night of new music and discovery. Singer-songwriters, bands, poets, performance artists...

Founded in January 2017, New Moon offers music fans the chance to see the best up-and-coming acts from the UK, Europe, and often from around the globe.

Only £2.50 entry. Food served until 10pm. Doors open 7:30pm. Free Two Tribes Beer for the first 24 customers.

If you would like to perform at a future New Moon please apply via music@halfmoon.co.uk

Line Up

Elliott Pritchard is a British Singer/Songwriter with more than a flavour of his Welsh roots showing through. After getting national airplay from the likes of BBC radio Wales and Absolute Country during lockdown Elliott is thrilled to take his new material back to the stage.

If influences have to be put on show then Elliot displays a carefully selected collection of Luminaries. Bob Dylan through to Oasis. From the thoughtful through soulful to pure rocking. a Talented songwriter with carefully crafted stage skills courtesy of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Not restricted to love songs Elliott shows a mature insight into the most important questions facing young people today. With his heart in his homeland and family and a voice that perfectly frames his deeply personal songs Elliott is set to Move forward with a talent that can only grow and grow.

In something of a backward nod to the ways of a bygone era, its fair to say that Ben Hemming didn’t so much find the blues… as the blues found him. It was during a particularly troublesome period in his life, stuck in a dead end job, and having watched his girlfriend walk out of his life, that he decided the only option was to seek change. Big change. Leaving all of his emotional baggage behind, he embarked upon a musical pilgrimage around America that eventually would come to define not just his sound, but also his own identity. Picking up an old guitar in a pawn shop along the way, he played his way across the southern states in the tradition of the delta Bluesmen before him. It was Hemming’s way of paying his dues, and of understanding a cultural heritage. Yet in moments of brutal self-reflection, he himself knew that more than anything, this was about escape.

He eventually returned to London with a collection of songs he’d written along the road, which went on to form the basis of his debut album, the aptly titled ‘Broken Man’. Recorded with nothing more than the equipment he had to hand, he self-released the album to critical acclaim; The Blues Magazine called him 'A unique musical identity’; Blues Blast Magazine described his songs as being 'of bleak beauty' and Americana U.K. placed him at the forefront of the so-called ‘new Blues’ movement.

Hemming set about relentlessly honing his craft with follow-up album ‘City Of Streets,’ and subsequently touring around Europe not once but twice, before immersing himself in the process of songwriting once more.

The resulting album ‘The Devil Beside Me’ is his boldest musical statement to date. The staple feature dark brooding remains throughout, but it is supplemented now by a drive and energy that helps take this body of work to a whole new level.

The post-punk outfit known as Fashion Blind, trade in creative riffs and rhythms, punk spirit, catchy alt-rock hooks, and satirical lyricism. A British take on ring modulated guitar, industrial synths and hard hitting drums.

The Outlyers are an oxford based four-piece who have been playing together for just over 2 years. They have a post-punk, indie rock sound taking inspiration from bands like the Strokes and the Arctic Monkeys, whilst also mixing in elements of other genres like grunge and funk. Although they have played multiple gigs in their local area including supporting acts with The Foliants, they are looking to take it to the next level this year with more gigs and music. The group is composed of bassist Stan, drummer connor, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Jake and Lead guitarist

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