Yes, that's right. It's finally happening. You don't need to have been to the city on the coast to know that Brighton has quite the burgeoning music scene. It hasn't spawned such great artists as Bat For Lashes, Blood Red Shoes and The Maccabees and played host to the Brighton Festival and The Great Escape over the years for nothing. And given that we at Sofar are enticed to burgeoning music scenes like flys are to light bulbs, it was a love story waiting to happen. You could even go Sofar as to say it's a modern day Romeo & Juliet. But, of course, we at Sofar like to do things a little differently (who ever thought doing a gig in a living room would be a good idea?), so instead of our Romeo and Juliet coming to a wholly premature poison-fuelled ending, they are to walk hand in hand along the Brighton Pier and live happily ever after (it's what dear old Willy Shakespeare would've wanted). Although with a little help from our friends at The Great Escape festival we've had casual forays into the city before, and in the process brought the luscious tones of such talented musicians as Trophy Wife, We Were Evergreen and even our co-founder David J. Alexander to those who were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, the time has come for Brighton to stake a much overdue claim in Sofar history all of its own. Unsurprisingly we've got a great line-up set up, and the magical moment not so indifferent to spacehopper Neil Armstrong's little venture is set to happen towards the end of this very month.
If you're not as excited as we are about this, 1) check your pulse - Sofar is coming to one of the greatest musical cities this world has to offer after all and 2) read this - our recently appointed Head Local Blogger down in Brighton, Adam Wilson, reconfirms for us why the Sofar movement is so significant. Didn't even have to ask him to write the article, or pay him for that matter. I leave you with one of Shakespeare's most famous lines:
To Sofar or not to Sofar? There is no question about it.
Picture: Steve McCallum
If you think your city has a music scene crying out for some Sofar lovin' and we're yet to get to you, give rafe@sofarsounds.com an e-mail. If you like what you see and want to get involved in the editorial side of Sofar, give me an e-mail at nick.beaver@sofarsounds.com. If you think you have what it takes musically to create some Sofar history all of your own, or think you know of an artist or band that have the potential to do so, send your recommendation to sofarsoundsmusic@gmail.com.
