Toria Wooff

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Doors 7
Music from 7.45
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all finished by 11 or earlier

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Toria Wooff

Finding splendour in shadows, Toria Wooff (Tor-ee-a Woo-f) sings tales of the beautifully strange.
Her beguiling self-titled debut album featuring ghostly folk ballad ‘The Waltz of Winter Hey’ and
pained Americana ‘Lefty’s Motel Room’ has already captured the attention of the likes of Uncut,
Clash, Shindig, BBC Radio 6 and Radio X and as the record takes listeners deeper into her
bittersweet world, it’s only a matter of time before countless others will fall under her spell.
Containing tales of love, loss, hope, relationships and womanhood, the album is both an exorcism of
torment and an invitation to feeling only what is good. Tugging at the cloaks of contemporary folk
souls Jake Xerxes Fussell or Richard Dawson, it offers a contemporary twist on the Anglo folk
tradition through a bloody cocktail of classic rock origins and transcends time as it nods to the lyrical
narratives of Led Zeppelin, Fairport Convention and Townes Van Zandt - all the while infused with
inspiration from her collection of gothic literature and historical texts. “The self-reflection in the title
demonstrates a life lived,” Toria tells. “The songs are chapters to dip in and out of, moments
immortalised in time, bound together by nothing more than the human experience.”
Recorded with partner in rhyme and intuition, producer, mix engineer and guitarist James Wyatt in
his Sloe Flower studio, the album honours songwriting’s roots with an authenticity captured by its
delicate restraint. Only allowing pedal steel and wurlitzer to fill out the intimate space at just the
right moment, opener ‘The Plough’ introduces Toria’s affecting tone and guitar with intoxicating
simplicity before a sonic expansion which explores the physical and metaphysical truth of
womanhood. Grief comes to the fore in ‘Song For A’ which assuredly acknowledges helplessness in
the face of an inevitably bad situation and is then healed by the love and commitment which eeks
through the cracks on reassuringly uplifting live favourites ‘That’s What Falling In Love Will Do’ and
‘See Things Through.’ Toria’s story-first approach closely reflects the emotions of moments in time,
and they’re never written down, only manifest as a result of her inspired process.
A painter, poet, songwriter and storyteller, music is just one facet of Toria Wooff’s wildly creative
imagination which metamorphoses in many forms. Steeped in gothic romanticism, pagan and
Germanic tradition, Toria’s unique view of the world is enchanting through an alchemy of sound and
vision; a magical blend of her own spellbinding folk-rock concoction. “It’s mostly about making
mundane things in life beautiful,” Toria says. “There’s a pragmatic reason behind all I do, and I
always take the most aesthetically pleasing approach. I combine everyday language with prettier,
longer, and poetic words so the surface might have one meaning but there will be many others the
deeper you go. The most beautiful words are desperate, pinning and punch at the gut.”