Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing Fyfe at a tiny pub venue in Manchester. It's only been a couple of weeks since I made the connection that he's the same guy who used to go by the name David's Lyre and who's debut album, Picture of Our Youth, I'd listened to pretty much non-stop for an intense period during dissertation stress and finals circa 2K12. Thankfully, the association with this traumatic time hasn't left me unable to listen to it and, for the record, I still crack it out on regular occasions as a solid 'I need something reliable and good to listen to' option. Remember this Kulkid remix of St. Tropez that featured in my July playlist post last year? Well, bad news, it's sadly subsequently disappeared from SoundCloud...but that's not the point. The point is I loved it, probably on a par with the amount I love gin and guacamole (a lot). Little did I know at the time of compiling said playlist that this 'Fyfe' character was actually the artist formally known as David's Lyre. So when I finally realised this the other week, and when I also discovered that he was playing on a Tuesday evening in the Northern Quarter for seven quid, I couldn't miss it (or the opportunity to eat guacamole beforehand, incidentally). His new album, Control, which has just come out, is fast becoming one of my top releases so far this year and his live performance definitely didn't disappoint. I'm predicting big things...
