PETE ASTOR GIG ON SAT 5TH NOV

Pete Astor headlines the Scared To Dance and For The Rabbits monthly gig night on Saturday 5th November.

Support comes from lilo at The Victoria and you can get your free tickets at DICE.

Pete Astor is a singer and songwriter. He was the frontman in The Loft and The Weather Prophets on Creation Records. From the beginning they helped to establish the feel and sound of the label. After the break-up of those bands he made solo records before switching to making more electronic music, forming The Wisdom of Harry and Ellis Island Sound, singing to Matador and Heavenly respectively. In the 2000s he started making solo records again for a variety of labels: Hal’s Eggs for Static Caravan, Songbox for Second Language, Spilt Milk for Fortuna POP!

In 2017 he signed to Tapete Records releasing One For the Ghost backed by The Wave Pictures. You Made Me, an album of covers, followed in 2020 as well as his spoken word project The Attendant. He recently released his new album Time on Earth featuring the singles “English Weather” and “Fine and Dandy”.

lilo are Christie Gardner and Helen Dixon, two childhood friends who make music in tone that remains distinctly hopeful, choosing to treasure the small things in the face of larger sadness. Their debut EP, Sleep Country, released early 2022, was built on crystallised moments of calm and contemplation. Over the five tracks that make up the EP, Christie and Helen explore new perspectives on love and friendship, often through the frame of loss. They recently signed to Dalliance Recordings releasing the new single “Settled”.