We are excited to be the first venue hosting Hayden Thorpe for his bookshop tour of his new album NESS.
Hayden Thorpe brings his stunning musical adaption of Robert Macfarlane’s “Ness” directly intothe heart of independent bookshops with a unique set of instore performances featuring music and conversation.
Best known as the former frontman of Wild Beasts, for his third solo album Thorpe undertook a beautifully unlikely musical journey converting into song Macfarlane’s epic poem about former MOD weapons development site, now nature reserve, Orford Ness. The album celebrates the beauty and power of a returned natural wonder and poses questions about the price of progress and win-at-all-costs politics. This formidable collection of songs does what only art can do, raising consciousness through sheer audacity and beauty. Robert Macfarlane himself describes of music of Ness as “wonderful alchemy.”
We looking forward to experiencing an intimate performance among the bookshelves, we hope you join us.
