Ticket
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
28th April 1995

Story by Abigail:

I was obsessed with the Tindersticks' 1995 album and its lead single 'No More Affairs'. I loved the sleeve and also the instrumental version. Looking back I can see how my taste in music was forming and hardening at this point. Sedimentary layers.

There are three things about this gig I can remember:

I had a great view from near the front.

I was near the louche and gorgeous violinist Dickon Hinchcliffe, who was still long-haired and waistcoat-clad at this point. I spent most of the night ogling him.

I was also very drawn to saxophonist/trumpet player Terry Edwards. Terry was a bit of a hero of mine. He'd played with all the cool bands: Gallon Drunk, Tindersticks, PJ Harvey. I dug his solo record 'My Wife Doesn't Understand Me'. At this gig his playing was particularly wild and wanton. At one point he was using a big plastic pedal bin as a kind of muting device on his trumpet. I'd never seen anything like it.