The Ferret presents:

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

FT. VANITY FAIRY, Georgian, Leah Eccles & Tilda Gebhardt

The Ferret, Preston
Monday 17th Feb 2025
Doors 7pm

£5 advance // £6 on the door

Tickets on sale now: https://skiddle.com/e/40668337

VANITY FAIRY - Vanity Fairy opened for The Last Dinner Party at their biggest headline show to date in late 2024, as well as touring with Electric Six across the country, and has been championed by BBC 6, DIY, CLASH, NME, Apple Music and CHANEL. You may not know her name yet, but Vanity Fairy seems destined to transcend her underground cult status. 

Between her shimmering vocal falsetto (which has been compared to everyone from Barry Gibb to Kate Bush) and onstage theatrics, the iconic disco darling is earning a reputation as one of the most mesmerising live performers around. 

Following support slots for Warmduscher, Katy J Pearson, Audiobooks, Lime Garden, Insecure Men, Girl Ray, Pip Blom and more, Fairy dropped her sophomore EP ‘Top of the Pops’ on Moshi Moshi records April 2024.  The EP spins a nostalgia-laden world that plays with kitsch-pop tropes and revels in the hedonistic indulgences of classic disco. But there’s also something strange at work here. Far from content to ape her be-dazzled Studio 54 idols, Fairy adds something new to the mix. It’s a bittersweet, playful, wistful sensibility that works itself out in a sound that both reveres and toys with the music she loves with all her heart. 

 Though she sparkles on record, Vanity Fairy is undeniably best experienced live.

‘A spectacle in the truest sense of the word, her show spans high camp theatrics, 80’s indebted synth-pop and sultry disco bangers… unavoidably infectious and utterly joy inducing’ - DIY. 

Links:

youtu.be/O15dpmswQZw

instagram.com/vanityfairydust

open.spotify.com/artist/43QAxlV4mFWtxP0QrAfNqG

facebook.com/vanityfairydust

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GEORGIAN - Georgian has received support on Daytime BBC 6Music from Craig Charles, Guy Garvey, and Radcliffe & Maconie with her debut on the Heist or Hit label, Soleil. Writing out of Manchester and recording in Amsterdam, Georgian’s output is a soft bloom of sullen 60s psychedelia and folk horror, peppered with Southern Gothic inclinations. Her music exudes a dusky melancholia of nylon-string intimacy, flickering with ripples of Hammond organ and Leslie cabinets.

Her songs are rich with atmosphere, as her voice trickles like warm milk laced with poison; comforting but spiked with an intoxicating forlorn. Mournful and troubled, her sound evokes a xanaxed Beth Gibbons with a spaghetti western kink. Georgian’s tracks create vivid landscapes: beards of Spanish moss, stubble-grass, and houseflies circling a ceiling fan, all contributing to a pervasive dustbowl despair. These elements enhance the pensive narcosis of her vocal, making her music uniquely evocative.

Links:

georgianbackstage.com

open.spotify.com/track/2xObuoZEE5JutLwwqRmb9r?si=6adce3cacfe84791

youtu.be/sFapHXVBSwE?feature=shared

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LEAH ECCLES - 'Dreamy, Thoughtful, and wonderfully listenable...' were used by the co-founder of Joy Division & New Order, Peter Hook; to describe the work of Leah Eccles - an independent pop, LoFi, and easy listening singer/songwriter & music producer, from Blackburn, Lancs.

Leah's self-written and produced debut album, "Complete Wisteria", is an extension of her debut EP, 'Wisteria' released in 2023, retaining the overarching theme of love, whether it is love for yourself, for a partner, for friends, for a lost loved one, absence of love or longing. There truly is something for every listener to relate to, encased in Leah’s signature LoFi pop and easy-listening sound.

Including four new and exclusive tracks, alongside fan favourites’ from her previous releases: 'a t m', '2:38', 'Lilac Skies', and 'Dashboard Dialogue'; "Complete Wisteria" is available on all music streaming/buying services now. Make sure you give Leah's work a listen & keep a close eye on Leah's socials for more news on the album and upcoming releases; performances, events and projects coming soon!

Links:

linktr.ee/leccles1904

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TILDA GEBHARDT - Tilda Gebhardt is a 19 year old pianist and singer based in Lancaster and South London. Her creative practice has developed via many avenues, genres, and inspirations, yet, at the heart of my practice is a focus on storytelling and narrative. Tilda has always loved writing and creating stories, and in the past few years this has extended to her musical practice and composition, in which she focuses on forming narratives through the musical techniques she has developed when experimenting with various genres such as jazz, classical, contemporary and Impressionism.

Ultimately, Tilda’s aim is to transport the listener (and herself) through worlds, times and places both similar to this world, but also very different, therefore allowing one to reflect, but also to daydream. She has played at multiple festivals across the country, as well as many venues around South London. Tilda’s most recent performance was in The Print Room, Lancaster, with a video down below of her original piece, Paper Mache Moon…

Links:

Paper Mache Moon (live at The Printroom): https://youtu.be/M-kFJib0K6s

instagram.com/tilda.gebhardtt

soundcloud.com/tilda-804760792

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY at The Ferret FT.

VANITY FAIRY

Georgian

Leah Eccles

Tilda Gebhardt

Sat 8th March 2025

7pm - late

£5 advance // £6 on the door

All ages welcome (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).

Accessible ground floor venue & facilities.

Dog-friendly venue.