Monday night wasn’t meant to be a Big Long Sun headliner – the lineup for Dead Dog Promotions second anniversary gig was meant to be topped by Bristolian Bingo Fury, but illness meant that Jamie Broughton’s band got bumped up the bill, and deservedly so.
Also on the line up were Van Zon and Hill Collective, who brought a chair up to the stage to sing a jazzed up version of Happy Birthday to Dead Dog / Ideal Living head honcho Billy Marsh
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Last week Maximilian released his debut album Surrender, on Dead Dog records, and last night he played it live start to finish at Fabrica supported by Skydaddy and Brighton’s Opal Mag.
Playing an album all the way through in sequential order isn’t the most obvious thing to do – A set of songs which might make for a good gig can be quite different to a playlist / ordering that makes for a good album, but Maximilian created an immersive world last night aided and abetted by some of Brighton’s finest musicians that more than lived up to the challenge – intimate, and uplifting, the evening felt like it was over far too soon.
As I find myself saying for the second post in a row, if you missed the gig, Maximilian is on the bill at Homegrown Festival next weekend, so you can catch him again then.
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