A bit of a speculative purchase of tickets for me and Karen. I didn’t know much about The Wandering Hearts other than they were highly recommended by friends, but I liked the few videos I had seen. I do love that kind of Americana with female vocal harmonies and modern arrangements, a bit like First Aid Kit, and The Wandering Hearts seems to be the UKs best version of all that. And very good they were too.

I actually prefer how they sound with a stripped back set-up of just 3 vocals of Chess, Tara and AJ with just an acoustic guitar to maximise the emotional impact of their stunning harmonies. For this tour though they added bass, electric guitar and drum accompaniment which were of course very good, but a bit overpowering at times for my taste. I didn’t know many of the songs but enjoyed them all. I just think the big loud sound production overshadowed the vocals and the lyrics were not so clear. Very good though overall.

Attended by George & Karen