Gravenhurst

Event information

The Vortex City Sessions at Bishopsgate Institute

In association with The Local, The Vortex presents a very special evening with Gravenhurst and full band. Support tbc.


“A gorgeously hallucinatory affair. One of music’s best-kept secrets.” The Guardian

Gravenhurst is the work of singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Nick Talbot. The Ghost In Daylight, his fourth full-length album for Warp Records, has been met with overwhelming praise. Critics have picked up on the album’s sophisticated themes of English mythology, political history and hidden geography, with Mojo describing “a memory-haunted journey through the dead voices and deep narratives of England’s lost – broadside ballads culled from earth and air”.

A dark and atmospheric place, ever-changing and conjured from disparate ingredients, Gravenhurst’s roots lie in the melodic noise of My Bloody Valentine, the lush vocal harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel, the alchemical guitars of Richard Thompson and Johnny Marr, and the widescreen ambient visions of Brian Eno. Over the course of six startling releases, Talbot has developed and retained a unique identity across multiple genres. Talbot’s haunting and powerful voice, virtuoso guitar work, ethereal production and mysterious lyrical themes ensure that Gravenhurst is a consistent yet ever evolving sound-world, and one with a particularly fanatical cult following.

Praise for latest album The Ghost In Daylight:

“Warp’s unsung genius delivers mellow masterpiece… Gravenhurst has made an album as good as anything his revered record label has released in the last decade. Evocative of Nick Drake’s understated English melancholia and the lush, moody atmospherics of late-‘70s Brian Eno… An exquisite, unexpected gem.” **** Q

“Terrific understated songs with a church-like serenity… Talbot is one of music’s best kept secrets” **** The Guardian

“Stunning” ***** Artrocker