Alex Fox: EP Launch @ Bassment Chelmsford

As the afternoon faded into evening, it started to rain. The sky started to gray and a gentle drizzle started to ease in. The decision had to be made, not to stay in. A quick check of the forcast predicted things would only get worse, but the promise of a special evening was enough of a draw. The bike was plucked for the detirtus in the shed and the rain proof was donned.
   In the venue (The Bassment, Chelmsford) the sofas were pulled forward, to the edge of the stage. Tables were prepared with flyers, candles and beer mats, and the few took their seats. As the rest of us stood, an open mic night saw Jordan Gray, and Emma Penrose & George Wood fill the walls with a mixture of haunting and sensual music and vocal.
   The stage was draped in fairy lights, and Jack Browning took place, side of stage to perform a live portrait painting of oil on canvas while the night took place. A truly unique experience.
   Alex Fox' haunting melodies and melancholic piano playing silenced the audience for the better part of the evening, seeing his EP Launch a positive success. Alex, Fighting through a hairy throat continually arrested my though process with a truly heart stopping performance. The sale of download codes of the EP and even a printed out musical score of his first single welcomed in a loving audience. Here is a musician truly worth his salt.
   As the evening ended the rain began to fall harder. The bike was found and the empty streets of Chelmsford fell quite for my cycle home.
    It always seems to rain, when Alex Fox plays, and there is nothing bad about it at all.

http://alexfox.bandcamp.com/