Champion Trees

***Champion Trees* -** formed when cousins Francis Christie (vocal, guitar) and Lex Pienaar (bass) got together with drummer Langa Dubazana at the University of Cape Town. Taking notes from 90s luminaries Belle & Sebastian and Pavement, they set out to have fun with music and language, building a following on the back of their well-received 2022 debut album NOW 3000. The lush arrangements of newly released second album A Duck’s Water Off My Back are a marked departure from the lean production of the band’s early material, thanks in part to the addition of new members James Bickford-Smith (violin, synthesizers), Michael Burke (saxophone), and Michelle Hromin (clarinet), whose contributions have brought new textural depth to the music.

***Liv Wright* -** is an indie singer-songwriter whose introspective vocals and folk-influenced melodies shine through releases like the 2018 album Swim in the Ocean and Sky, 2020’s Sweet Between, and the recent single “Pink Mountains.”

**Frank Lloyd Wleft** blends the influences of country, punk, jangle rock and beat poetry in studies of 'the fall of America... shot on iPhone'. Wleft will be playing a stripped-down set of songs from new album 'The Actual Kids in Actual America' is out this July.

***Artists:*** We are always interested in hearing from talented artists. If you’d like to play at our future events, please get in touch at info@realsounds.uk.