Since fronting Manchester indie-folk favourites The Travelling Band, Jo Dudderidge – aka Later Youth – has built a reputation as a sought-after producer, songwriter and session musician, working with an impressive roster of artists including Victoria Canal, Chloe Foy, Rose Gray, Stephen Fretwell, Human Interest, Joyeria, Bette Smith, and longtime collaborator Lissie.

Debut album Living History is the culmination of what has been both a cathartic and a celebratory process. It’s a bold statement with a distinctive character. Sure, parallels with his previous work exist, but it occupies a universe of its own, sonically centred on Dudderidge’s signature Wurlitzer electric piano and unmistakable voice, blending raw, heart-on-sleeve lyricism with a fresh, idiosyncratic style veering from krautrock to alt-country.

There are songs about nights that turned into mornings, heartaches rescued by a harem of Venezuelans, romanticising the myths of past loves, facing mortality, running away from yourself while dreaming of reconciling with the love of your life. It’s nostalgic, but not in a way that wants to go back — more like holding something up to the light to understand it better.

‘Chock full of more hooks and melodies than most indie conventions’ – Mojo

‘A richly textured collection that brims with vulnerability, self-destruction and sonic wanderlust’ – AmericanaUK

Main support comes from Indian Pale Male. Indian Pale Male released their debut album Dance of the Red Herrings in 2024. Produced by Jim Noir, it’s a kaleidoscopic Bad Dream Pop opus that was recorded mostly on an old Tascam machine, during a period of ‘madness and adverse offending behaviours.’ This was recently followed by their Tolerance Break E.P – the first of two planned E.Ps set for 2026 releases, described as ‘both beautifully original and thrillingly eccentric’ (John Robb, Louder Than War).

Opening the show is Gib James.

Kamera is the brand new venue upstairs at Lloyd & Platt (formerly The Lloyd’s) in Chorlton – by the team behind the Castle Hotel and Gullivers. The pub downstairs offers Indian street food by Chapati Cafe.