Lavinia Blackwall & Alex Rex / Green Seagull

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Lavinia Blackwall trained as a singer at R.S.A.M.D Glasgow before going on to complete her Masters in Early Music with distinction at The Guildhall, London. She is well known for her work as a singer and arranger in Trembling Bells, who released seven albums, all met with critical acclaim. She has performed and toured extensively through Europe with artists such as Nick Garrie, Kaleidoscope, Mike Heron and Bonnie Prince Billy, as well as being invited to perform her own material live on several occasions at BBC 6Music and at Glastonbury Festival.

Her debut album ‘Muggington Lane End’ was universally well received, earning excellent reviews from publications as diverse as Rolling Stone France, Shindig!, RnR, The Financial Times, Uncut, Mojo, The Scotsman, and online editions, Backseat Mafia, Spectrum Culture, and Line Of Best Fit.

Lavinia is also a member of Wyndow who released their successful debut album to rave reviews in 2020. She continues to work on her second solo album, a rich tapestry of lyrical melodies and beautifully arranged song smithery ably accompanied by ‘Stilton’ the talents of Marco Rea ( The Wellgreen, Euros Childs) Jim McGoldrick (The Wellgreen) and Seb Jonsen (Helicon and TheTomorrow Syndicate)

Alex Rex is the 'ghost-rock' project of Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Shirley Collins, Current 93 et al). Inspired by Greek Tragedy, Barbara Streisand and Alex's own internal critic, Alex Rex perform songs of love, loss and loathing that make the detestable whistleable.

Green Seagull channel UK and West Coast psych vibes. While continuing to echo the harmony-laden chamber pop of their first two albums, the new set sees the Seagulls venture into harder, more urgent territory, as evidenced by recent single ‘Lightning Girl’. They will be releasing their third album ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ later this year.