If you build a fence then you have to treat it, as any DIY buff will tell you. You have to make it durable; to help it help us weather storms. Fife's Kenny Anderson realised this when forming micro-label, Fence, in 1994 – and so he treated it, then treated us, with an alt-pop alter-ego: King Creosote.
Anderson has become one of Scotland's most acclaimed and prolific, singer-songwriters: a squeezebox Casanova with a cosmic wordplay fetish, whose voice leaves gentle devastation in its wake. He was short-listed for 2011's Mercury Prize thanks to Diamond Mine, his sublime collaboration with Jon Hopkins.
Other key LPs in the KC canon include Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (2003), Rocket DIY (2005), KC Rules OK (2005) Bombshell (2007), Flick the Vs (2009) and his live-only album, My Nth Bit of Strange.
In 2014, Anderson completed his first-ever film soundtrack for From Scotland With Love. The film weaves Scottish archive film footage with KC compositions. Meanwhile, Fence continues to thrive, thanks to home-grown live events like The World Tour of Crail and Yellae Deuks in nearby Anstruther, the DIY Scottish pop throne is his.
Most recent album, Astronaut Meets Appleman (Domino, 2017) has kept King Creosote firmly in the limelight and secured many glowing reviews and the KC audience continues to grow across the UK, Europe and beyond!
Over 14s only. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18. General admission.
Presented by Regular Music
Evening Standard“Unconventional king of Celtic folk-rock”
The Times“A beautiful voice from a man with self-deprecating charm and a natural way of capturing intimacy in a song”
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