Thea Gilmore, The Brook, Southampton
FOLLOWING an engaging support set from young Adam Masterson, Thea took the stage with her usual confidence.
Despite suffering from the "dreaded lurgy" she turned in a professional performance but never hit the heights.
Her five-piece band drowned her out early on - a pity because one of Thea's strengths is her witty lyrics.
Things improved when she sang some of her quieter introspective songs - "angst in the key of A," as she described them.
A cover of Bruce Springsteen's Cover Me also impressed, as did the jazzy classic Buddy Can You Spare a Dime?
Songs from her new Avalanche album revealed Thea in rockier mode, but personally I prefer Thea stripped down and acoustic rather than in a band setting.
Still, the sell-out crowd was enthusiastic. It seems that "This Girl", to quote my own favourite Gilmore song, can do no wrong.
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