Something, Someone are an indie-folk trio from Glasgow that shine in the vocal department as their songs blend a First Aid Kit and Jenny Owen Youngs type influence.
Before the headliners jump on stage, I manage to catch the last few minutes of the penultimate band, and feel obliged to mention that the inclusion of a young girl (4 or 5 young) on stage to sing a few lines was pretty much an adorable hit with everyone in the room.
Led by Morgan Woods, who is armed with a big upright bass, Something, Someone slide through a set of homely tunes, playing their first single (released a year ago this evening), ‘Waltz with Me’, early on.
‘Home’ in particular sticks in my head as the set goes on, with its unexpected the chorus jumping from gentle, waltzy sentimentality to something that sounds much more yearning (punctuated by harder strumming of the guitar).
Band mates Allan Harkness and Rachel Elliott provide backing vocals and additional instrumental support.
Harkness gives most of the rhythm tonight, underpinning the songs with deft hands on his acoustic guitar and Elliott gleams with her violin, which adds a lot of subtle charisma and soaring melody to the performance.
The atmosphere in Broadcast’s basement is cosy, with the slightly sparse crowd making up for their numbers by totally making themselves at home.
There’s a jovial expression spread over most everyone’s face, as beer flows in time with the music and there’s even a couple of dogs milling around people’s feet.
The group’s debut EP is being released tonight, so the setlist mainly consists of those songs, but they do manage to squeeze in a few covers of Paul Simon and (to my personal delight) Fleetwood Mac.
The one thing Something, Someone need to work on is growing is their showmanship, once or twice too often, the between-song anecdotes dwindle into nothing or wind a little too long.
Overall though, a very pleasant set, full of excellently well-written folk songs.
Words: Greg Murray
