Another Love

Last Friday night, I had a very pleasant surprise in the form of a Tom Odell concert. at the Alhambra venue at Republic. For those that haven't heard of him, last year in England Tom Odell was proclaimed somewhat of a boy genius, a musical prodigy, an edgy young thing whose music career was suddenly on the up. After lugging his electric keyboard round the gig scene in Brighton, his music was miraculously noticed by Lily Cooper (Nee Allen)'s record label. Given a Brit Award for his efforts before he'd even released an album. Suddenly, his single "Another Love" was absolutely everywhere. And "Another Love" was all I'd heard. This evening was about to change a lot. 

Le vendredi dernier, j'ai eu une très belle surprise sous le forme d'un concert de Tom Odell à l'Alhambra (au métro République). Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas ce musicien, l'année dernière en Angleterre, Tom Odell a été proclamé un type d'enfant chéri, un prodige, un jeune talent avec sa carrière en musique en plein essor. Après avoir trimballé son clavier électrique à travers des engagements a Brighton, le chef du projet de Lily Allen (qui a sa propre maison de disques)  a miraculeusement remarqué son talent. On lui a donné un "Brit Award" pour ses efforts même avant qu'il a produit un album. Tout d'un coup, son single "Another Love" était partout. Et "Another Love" était la seule chanson que j'avais écouté. Mais ce soir a beaucoup changé mes opinions. 

Tom Odell was supported by Ryan Keen (below) - check him out here.

He was so grateful and spoke endearingly about the tragic death of some friends which had encouraged him to pursue his dreams. He did a great job of warming the crowds up before Tom's band came on.

Tom & his band came on next...

I'm not sure I can convince you how much more I enjoyed Tom Odell in real life. They ramped up the energy on some of his more dreary songs, and, being the last concert of the European tour he really came to life - playing to the crowd and just looking like he was having a lot of fun.

Je ne sais pas trop comment vous convaincre que Tom Odell était mille fois meilleur en vie réelle. Ils ont intensifié le battement du tambour dans ses chansons autrefois un peu pessimistes, et, vu qu'il était le dernier concert de la tournée européenne, Tom était vraiment plein d'énergie, en cédant aux demandes de la foule et se montrant simplement qu'il s'est bien amusé toute la soirée.

Listen to my favourite Tom Odell songs / my footage of Ryan Keen below:

Thanks Tom & Ryan for a great night!

À Bientôt !

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Monday Catch-Up

I'm currently waiting for my friend to pop some photos up online of our Saturday night, where we went out to a bar called "L'International" for a free gig, feat. Baston. In the meantime, here's a scoop of photos that hadn't quite yet managed to find their way onto the blog.

 

Me & my friend enjoying "Breakfast in America". My photo is shamefully stolen from her instagram account.

 My sister sent me a photo of some Hummingbird brownie she'd made, prompting me to give baking in my tiny little oven a go. The only problem was that I had no scales, & had to guess all the quantities. They turned out pretty well, considering, even if I do say it myself!

On Wednesday, I went with some girls to see "Gravity" at the cinema in 3D. I loved it, even if the plot was a little predictable. It was one of the most stressful things I've seen recently, because the whole plot axes on tension & the fear of what will go wrong next up in space. The whole idea terrifies & fascinates me! It was very cathartic, & I was buzzing with pent up adrenalin all the way home. We managed to catch some more of the Christmas market before the movie, but we didn't buy anything.

I'll leave you with this photo of our new friend we found waiting all alone in the cinema lobby. He looked like he could do with some sidekicks. 

Gig photos coming soon!

À Bientôt ! 

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