Elea Calvet

Launch Party for Elea Calvet's single "Sacrifice" with support from Claire Northey and a DJ set by Ishmael Ensemble leader Pete Cunningham! £7 ADV, £8 OTD “An eclectic artist that doesn’t hold back.” – The Line Of Best Fit “A heartfelt brand of rock that harbors​ levels of sass and swagger rarely seen in this day and age. Earmarking her not just as a bright young talent, but as an act that feels equal parts timely and timeless” – Louderthanwar This October acclaimed singer-songwriter Eléa Calvet returns with her enchanting new single ‘Sacrifice’. ‘Sacrifice’ is a more dreamlike, laid-back cut from the usually upbeat Calvet, with more stripped back production casting a light on her unique and emotive voice. Offering up a lush soundscape of uplifting swells of strings, it highlights just how poetic lyrics like “I won’t let you take my breath away” can be when sung with this much soul-wrenching conviction. Here you can tell she draws inspiration from the works of Warren Ellis & Nadine Shah. Born in Canada, raised in India but now based in Bristol, French Canadian Eléa Calvet has been turning heads since her first release just last year. Taking her cues from classic songwriters such as Tom Waits & Patti Smith, Calvet sits comfortably in a niche of her own creation, relishing in her own brand of atmospheric blues rock. Calvet tells us ‘Sacfrice’ “was written cathartically in under 15 minutes, then arranged, abandoned & rearranged over the course of a year. It’s an ode to acceptance triggered by the desire to overcome an ingrained fear of duplicity. It was engineered by PJ Harvey producer Stef Hambrook at Bristol’s Toybox Studios and was mixed/mastered by the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy winning Hugo Nicolson (Radiohead, Primal Scream, Bjork). Claire Northey: As far away from Western pop tradition as you can get, her jazz/ folk odysseys weave playfully between trip-hop, Eastern European and Arabic influences... For fans of Bjork, Ennio Morricone and Zero 7. - Manchester Evening News