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Photo Credit: Andie Chapin

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It was a clear Bristol night saw the ever progressive Laura Marling take to the Colston Hall stage.

 

Ethan johns, the producer of Laura's first three records, opened the show. The crowd enjoyed, and were ready for what was to come.

 

Laura arrived to the stage and began her set with opening track ‘Soothing’, from her latest album ‘Semper Femina’. With a bass line to make you melt and the aptly soothing harmonies of the Tapolsky sisters, everything was set for a great night of music.

 

Marling followed up with ‘Valley’ and backed that up with track 3 from the newest record, ‘Wild Fire’. As the audience attentively tried to welcome the new material, you could feel the relief in the air as she executed each track splendidly.

 

After playing another four tracks from the album, she then embraced the Colston stage single handidly. It was just the audience and Laura. She began the second half of the show with ‘What He Wrote’. The audience were hooked, bringing a loud ovation.

 

After a fabulous rendition of ‘I Speak Because I Can’, a trio of songs followed, including light-hearted renditions of ‘Daisy’ and ‘Sophia’.  

 

The pace was rising and with it came ‘Don’t Ask Me Why’, which, as usual, transitioned faultlessly in to ‘Salinas’. With the transition, came the opportunity for the crowd to have a welcome boogie. This was succeeded by ‘Once’ and again, the crowd were in her firm and intimate grip.

 

The penultimate track of the night was ‘Darkness Descends’ which resulted in the crowd leaping out of the palm of her hand and in to another boogie. After a wonderful night, Marling finished with crowd favourite, ‘Rambling Man’ and all was well.

 

We thoroughly enjoyed and suggest if you’re lucky enough to get the chance to see Laura live, do it!

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Got a spare 15 minutes? Take a look at this great interview from The Pool