{"id":19636,"date":"2019-08-24T08:54:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T07:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=19636"},"modified":"2019-08-24T09:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T08:07:17","slug":"review-bc-camplight-in-the-dome-at-the-city-festival-monday-19th-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-bc-camplight-in-the-dome-at-the-city-festival-monday-19th-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – BC Camplight in The Dome at The City Festival, Monday 19th August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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with Sweetbellechobaby and Charlotte Carpenter<\/h2>\n

The gig was organised by\u00a0 Leicester festivals & Events<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed by Aleksandra Brzezicka<\/a><\/p>\n

Anyone complaining that nothing ever happens in Leicester obviously hasn\u2019t paid a visit to the temporary outer spacey transparent bowl\/stage, The Dome. It made an appearance at Jubilee Square as the main piece of City Festival 2019. BC Camplight, with support from Charlotte Carpenter and Sweetbellechobaby, made the first day truly magical.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Dome Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

After a bit of an opening ceremony, Leicester based most enigmatic duo aka Sweetbellechobaby<\/strong> made an altar of the stage to celebrate their heavenly pop. Starting with Don\u2019t Follow<\/em>, they\u2019ve paradoxically made me want to chase after their ephemeral echo-like sounds. While their music is both lyrically and instrumentally quite minimalistic, it impresses. Especially with Alex Goodwin\u2019s remarkable vocals.<\/p>\n

its momentarily too repetitional manner, Sweetbellechobaby\u2019s confessional lucid pop is a powerful weapon against the fast-pace of the modern world. And a thread of revolution, as they stated in Salvation<\/em>, \u2018take power from the one who gives the orders.\u2019<\/p>\n

See Sweetbellechobaby’s Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Sweetbellechobaby Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Charlotte Carpenter<\/strong> should be listened to in complete silence so you won\u2019t miss any parts of her story. A bluesy, only with a companion of a guitar, a tale of love and loss, acceptance of the defeat and rising above it. Carpenter\u2019s ability of re-analysing and incorporating emotion into a song, in a very raw, organic way, makes her a complete artist. Among a few new tracks, she performed her latest single, Follow You Down<\/em>, written after her grandma\u2019s death. It\u2019s a bittersweet memory of the relationship between her grandparents and dealing with the loss. Despite the morbid theme, there\u2019s a hope to it as Charlotte said \u2018I tried to make the song as uplifting as possible because she spent her whole life uplifting me.\u2019<\/p>\n

Finishing off with fiery, going-for-it kind of tune, Fire<\/em>, Charlotte left us longing for more.<\/p>\n

See our interview with Charlotte before her performance and see her perform Follow you Down<\/em> at the gig:
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