Pretty But Wicked Presents: mark william lewis

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Some recordings always sound slightly too quiet, as if turning them up would be a kind of rudeness. That is usually a songwriter telling you something they have not told many other people. That intimacy is difficult to move into a room with a few hundred people in it. When it works, though, it works in a way a bigger show cannot touch: everyone goes quiet at the same moment without being asked, and you become aware of how many people are holding very still. The promoter putting this on has a reliable instinct for exactly this register, which is why the bill is worth trusting even if the name on it means nothing to you yet. That is arguably the ideal way to arrive. You will not be comparing it to anything. Go on a weeknight, stand closer than feels natural, and let it be the only thing you do that evening.