The Selkies and Alabaster dePlume in Faversham

Saturday 29th February 2020
The Hot Tin, Faversham

This was my first time inside the converted tin church since it's become a venue. Mike and Romana who run it are doing great work.

Beautiful sets from The Selkies (all originals, sounding more confident than ever) and Alabaster dePlume (mostly instrumentals from his new album, the band this time being Conrad, Donna and Matt Webb). AdP surprised most of us mid-set by reciting, from memory, Salvador Allende's final speech before his death in the 1973 coup in Chile.

Big Will got in touch a couple of days before to ask if I'd like to DJ (of course I did). I started with a kind of gentle psych-folk vibe before The Selkies, ramping up the energy as the place filled and the noise floor went up. There was a brief transition set and then a dance party at the end (somewhat dampened by the 10pm curfew, when the sound had to be turned right down):

Fortunately, our friends Oli and Ugne live nearby, with no neighbours(!) and were happy to host an afterparty, doubling as Will's birthday bash. So I played another set there: