A singular voice, Rich(ard) Dawson’s music echoes with the voices of the past, present, and future. Following many memorable performances on Supersonic line-ups gone by – ranging from world-building 41-minute tracks to epic collaborations with the Finnish experimental rock band Circle – Supersonic Festival is delighted to welcome Rich(ard) Dawson back for a special performance with drummer Andrew Cheetham, in the wake of his new album End of the Middle.
The sparsity of the compositions has an almost post-rock sensibility at times, as guitar lines quietly twist on top of whisperingly tapped drums, but then delivered through Dawson’s inimitable folk-tinged style. There are also moments that are undeniably straight up pop. With no huge arrangements and productions to hide behind, and with every tiny detail emphasised, not only do you have Dawson at his most exposed but you have a platform for his tunes to really shine. “I wanted to show all of the nuts and bolts,” he says. “So, you can really see the song writing.”
