Nerina confesses during her set that she was reluctant to return to the Shepherds Bush Empire, her last performance having ended in tears and cuddling a borrowed cat (or something like that). Tonight it seems as if the place is very much out to get her again and as the sound system messes with her vocals during the first two tracks, I reminisce on all the other great artists I’ve struggled to hear in this venue. The Empire sound system is a bitch to everyone, hopefully she didn’t take it personally.
By the end of Turn Me On Again, all niggles seem to be dealt with and another...
Photos of Nerina Pallot at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London on 6th October 2011. Taken by Jo Cox – www.jocoxphotography.co.uk
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A video banned by Youtube within 24 hours of its launch and her 4th album on the way. MTTM caught up with Nerina Pallot to find out more about her thoughts on the industry and what prompted her to name her son after Mozart.
MTTM: You’re playing Dear Frustrated Superstar in its entirety later this evening. On Twitter you said you wanted to ‘go back and hit the 26 year old you over the head with a frying pan’. What’s that all about?
NP: Some of the songs I just think, well I know what they’re about or who they’re about and some of them are about a bloke that I had a little mini...
Whilst Nerina Pallot’s albums are jam packed with instruments and arrangements, her live shows are usually stripped back affairs, showcasing her more acoustic style with just her piano and guitar for company. Tonight however, Nerina brings the Union Chapel audience an array of musical delights, featuring not only an ensemble of brass and strings but also a choir and special guest to boot. Whilst she may have had limited commercial success, potentially being made infamous by Everybody’s Gone To War, a song which in context is by no way her finest, this evening she reconfirms herself as a...
