Andy Crofts - Live at the 100 Club

Andy Crofts is quite the polymath.

The lead songwriter and singer for The Moons, Crofts was also a full-time member of Paul Weller’s band until recently, having to step back for personal reasons.

In over a decade working with the musician, he contributed to songwriting while also playing bass (among many other instruments) in the live arena. Crofts is also a noted visual artist, with prints adorning The Libertines’ hotel in Margate, and he’s even released his own photography book. Finally, he runs a record label (Colorama Records) which has released albums by Teenage Waitress and The Lunar Towers.

Yet he would surely agree that music is his day job, and in October of last year he performed a special solo show at the legendary 100 Club on Oxford Street in Central London, which was recorded for posterity. Unlike other live albums, it summons up mental images of the gig itself – whether you know the venue or if you were there – with a claustrophobic, contained sound.

With four studio albums to draw from, The Moons’ back catalogue makes up the majority of the set but the pattern remains consistent: Crofts draws inspiration from the Great English Songwriters such as Ray Davies, Paul McCartney and Weller himself. There is a pastoral, melancholy whimsy throughout.

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