Substance presents Amity at the Spice of Life

Event Information

Sunday 20th of October
Substance presents Amity at the Spice of Life

An ongoing residency at the Spice of Life for the award winning songwriter Amity

Featuring – Amity + ANDRÆ + Wednesdays Wolves + Martin Weston

The Spice of Life is a Soho landmark, historic music venue and is in the heart of London's West End.

Renowned for having a great live sound The Spice of Life and Substance have worked together for over 16 years to bring the very best new music to the heart of the capital.

"One of the best little venues in London" Evening Standard

The Line up

Amity
“The talent Amity exudes is immense. You’ll all know his name in a couple of years”. Trina Smith EPMG

Amity is an award-winning singer songwriter whose dark, defiant and dramatic sound has earned him the backing of the Royal Albert Hall: they recently named him their 2023 Future Maker.

Described in The Guardian newspaper as bringing together “miraculous” vocals with the “dense surreal lyricism of Regina Spektor”, Amity’s hard-hitting songwriting and emotive performances have earned comparisons to Adele, Nina Simone, and Joni Mitchell in the press, scooping numerous national and international successes, with the SAYS panel of industry judges listing Amity in the UK’s top 30 young songwriters in his category.

Recently awarded Best Singer 2023 by RB Entertainment, his raw, powerhouse voice and vivid, moving lyrics have put him in high demand, being talent scouted by numerous major TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic.

Praised by Durham Magazine as “profound, broody and rebellious”, Amity’s empowering lyrics are imprinted by his drive for justice, inner healing, freedom and an overriding determination to lift up those who are struggling, along the way documenting his own ongoing journey from darkness to light. Amity, who is autistic and queer, has written professionally with Dee Adam (Dido, Kaiser Chiefs, Newton Faulkner) and is currently writing with Andrew Kingslow (John Legend).

“Rethink everything you know and love about music” (David Lofts, guitarist with The Orb).

More shows will be announced soon as part of an ongoing residency at the Spice of Life
https://amitymiller.com/

ANDRÆ
ANDRÆ is an dark pop singer-songwriter-producer
https://www.instagram.com/andraemusic/

Wednesdays Wolves
Wednesday's Wolves is a folk duo comprised of Ysabelle Durant and Chrissy Renker. Both third culture kids, they met while at school in Sri Lanka although their musical collaboration didn't start until they had both finished University. They first sang together in the summer of 2012 where they were asked to perform a few covers at a charity concert in aid of Save the Children. In June 2013 they began writing their own material and performing at open mic nights around the UK quickly leading to several invitations to perform longer sets at gigs in London and Oxford, one of which found them on the same bill as producer and member of Tired Pony Iain Archer. In December 2013 they were featured on BBC Radio Oxford's open mic slot. Their songs use simple guitar riffs and vocal harmonies combined with a variety of percussive instruments such as cajons and glockenspiels to create emotive and evocative music. Inspirations include artists like Sufjan Stevens, The Paper Kites, Bright Eyes, Fionn Regan and Bon Iver.
https://www.facebook.com/wednesdayswolves

Martin Weston
Martin Weston is an English singer-songwriter based in Brussels, Belgium.
With a rich baritone voice, Martin’s folk-influenced music is a common sound in the bars, cafes and streets of the Belgian capital, where he has been living, performing, busking and recording since 2017.

In 2017 he released his debut EP Fantastical Ecclesiastical, recorded in a Dorset garage with a group of close musical friends. Its three songs feature colourful characters and absurd situations, from washed-up ‘also ran’ rock-and-rollers to an eccentric nineteenth-century Cornish poet-priest.
https://www.facebook.com/martinwestonmusic


The Spice of Life is an over 18’s venue .ID will be required if you are asked.

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