Adrian Crowley - POSTPONED

This event has been postponed and a new date will be announced soon.

One stormy night in Ireland, Adrian Crowley’s brother brought home a wounded crow. After taking care of it for a time, the crow flew away on its own, leaving an impression behind: Crowley wrote a story, which would later become the aptly titled Crow Song on this, his brand new record & ninth studio album The Watchful Eye of the Stars. He sings, 'And I was joyous for you, but shattered none-the-less.'

Suffused with a hazy and surreal quality, Crowley describes Watchful Eye’s poignant narratives as those which insisted themselves upon him. After the fact, it seemed these songs came to him more or less fully formed. 'It’s a beautiful and mysterious thing,' he says. Perhaps it is a tendency to hold onto memories ('It’s taken me so long to write to you / Well I just couldn’t find a pen,' he laments in Bread and Wine), that allows him to unleash them lyrically in completion. For Crowley, the creative process is an organic event rather than a practice he feels compelled to regulate or control. He approaches lyrics much like he does short story writing. 'The songs straddle the conscious and subconscious world and some are even psychedelic in my mind, but to me they are all at once true stories and born of another place,' he shares.

In making the album, Crowley moved between studio and at home recording, while John Parish (Aldous Harding, PJ Harvey) produced. The pair worked from tracks made initially by Crowley on a charity shop ¾ size nylon string guitar or Mellotron: 'In this way, John wanted to keep some of the magic of that first take, says Crowley. Contradictions and complexities are left intact, initial recordings were limited to one or two takes, and the songs feel more like a dream recounted upon waking.

Safety measures:

Please do not attend the gig if you are feeling unwell, and presenting with any Covid19 symptoms.
We encourage our audiences to use a lateral flow test before attending the gig.
Queuing for the gig will take place outside the venue (please dress for the weather and bring a brolly).
Face masks are mandatory for moving around the CCA venue, and encouraged throughout the performance.
Extra hand sanitizing is encouraged and hand sanitizing stations will be readily available throughout the venue.
Extra staff will be on hand throughout the event to ensure that we keep our visitors and staff as safe as possible.

Please note this gig is seated.

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