Stricken City #5 - R.I.P.

Last night saw the final ever Stricken City gig which is certainly a shame as the hour slot at the sold out Drop venue in Stoke Newington more than showed there is more than enough room for their lush indie-pop tunes in the world as they went out in emphatic style. A rousing "Five Meters Apart", the song that first hooked me too SC, "Bardou" and the wonderful "Losing Colour" were amongst my favourites in the hour long set.

The pulsating rhythms, playful guitars and Raa's soft vocals, capable of soaring peaks produce a wonderful 80's pop sound was the band played to a puppy dog audience who were lapping them enthusiastically up, sadly we won't be hearing them do it again. The band did request the audience record three songs in the middle of the set for them to release a montage of at a later date, so maybe we'll get one final SC memoir before the band move on to pastures new. I have no doubt that Rebekah will be back.

'Losing Colour' is the second and final Stricken City album, you can purchase a digital version of the entire album for a measly £1 (or more which I'd say is only fair) from their shop here. If you'd like something physical, there are (limited to 300 and I imagine a lot went last night) 7" Sized CDs which come with lyrics sheets and fold out sleeve (mine has a last ever show stamp too) available to order from Puregroove. If you want one of them I'd move fast and you can also get their final bits of merch in their shop.

As a final farewell, SC released this video which is basically a solo live performance by Rebekah Raa, intimate and imposingly beautiful:


Rebekah Raa - Bella Writer (Live) from Stricken City on Vimeo.

Here are a couple of tracks off the album, see you in your next live Sc:
Corridors by {Stricken City}

Animal Festival by {Stricken City}