Alex Rex
19/08/2019
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
£6.00 - £8.00
Alex Rex performs songs of love, loss, and loathing.
Former Trembling Bells Drummer and Song Writer Alex Neilson returns to The Tin at the Coal Vaults as Alex Rex to perform his latest sophomore solo album 'OTTERBURN'
Out Now on Tin Angel Records.
Otterburn reunites Alex with a couple of his Trembling Bells bandmates; Lavinia Blackwall – her voice as true as church bells – and Mike Hastings – who is reaching Brian Jones levels of multi-instrumentalist brilliance. But this is a very different beast to the Bells. Otterburn has an ad-hoc intimacy and ability to make the epic seem small and the small seem epic that pitches it closer to Desire-era Dylan than Folk Rock aristocracy. The rest of the assembled company (Alasdair Roberts, Dave McGowan, Rory Haye et al) are among Scotland's finest.
Forged in pain and made in Glasgow, making a very decent case for the old adage about the cream rising to the top. Lap it up.
4**** The Guardian
4**** The Times
4**** Uncut
4**** Mojo
4**** Record Collector
4**** The Scotsman
4****Soundblab
Location
The Tin At The Coal Vaults
