Another free night of live music at Elysium!
Shimmer
Bright, bold, and horrifically human, SHIMMER is a dance between polish and grit. This alternative indie band blends infectious guitar riffs with upbeat rhythms and raw, heartfelt lyrics drawn straight from lived experience.
SHIMMER carve stories into sound and leave echoes that resonate long after the silence.
Based in the UK, SHIMMER began as a songwriting passion project between close friends David Alexander and Jac Davies. SHIMMER has since been joined by close friends Jordan Dibble and Joshua Davies, all having met through previous projects and shared musical influences (The 1975, Ariana Grande, The National, Gang of Youths).
Ffredi Blino
Ffredi Blino is the brainchild of Welsh/Aussie songwriter and performer Owen Jolly. Commencing as a lockdown, front-room solo recording project in 2020, an album’s worth of songs quickly materialised and went out as the debut release for Shag on a Rock Records. This was The Dishwasher Tapes, an eclectic mix of indie-funk-post-punk-rock-lounge-electronica-kitchen-appliance goodness, featuring the single (Take Me Back To) Honolulu which received great support from Cerys Matthews on BBC 6 Music, and the funky Welsh-language groove Dwwwi, which came in at #1 on Rhys Mwyn’s 2021 Siart Amgen (Alternative Chart) on BBC Radio Cymru.
Ffredi’s follow-up release, Tarmac Roads and Fences (2023) was recorded with longtime friend and collaborator Sophie Wozencraft on drums and took off towards acoustic/folky/country territory, without neglecting the rock and funk. The title track and its Welsh-language partner Ffyrdd Tarmac a Ffenses bookend the album and were released as a double-A-side single, offering two very different takes on the same concept. Funky love song for insects Fruitfly also received airplay from Cerys Matthews.
Ffredi Blino has performed live at numerous venues and festivals around Wales and England both as a 3-piece band and as a soloist. Highlights include Brecon Jazz Fringe, In The Sticks, KINGSfest, The Lost Arc Rhayader, Elysium Swansea, Bank Vault Aberystwyth, The Foundry Brecon.
Ffredi is currently assembling tracks for an upcoming third album release.
Louise & The Feathers
Expect unique indie, folk, slight rap tap vibes with heartfelt lyrics, incorporating influences from Florence and The Machine, Paolo Nutini, Amy McDonald, The Pierces, Phil Collins and Fleetwood Mac.
From Birmingham originally, she moved to Wales when 9 and has been writing or playing somehow ever since. Revisiting early written originals she started a fresh using her middle name “Louise” representing the roots of passion, alongside “and The Feathers” linking to spiritual perceptions and a love of nature.
‘Reflection’ EP (recorded at Sweetspot Stwido Cardiff) all released getting featured on Welsh Connections, Amazing Radio and Future Hits and Superwoman “being the best one yet!” around many more gigs including West’est VW Festival, Newquay Festival, The Sunflower Lounge Birmingham, Sin City Swansea, The Blue Lagoon Bristol, The Moon Cardiff and more with band members now on board, I am looking forward to seeing what 2025 brings.
Doors 7pm. Music from 8pm.