Review: Rupert Stroud @ Brudenell Social Club

On 9th November, we went down to the Brudenell Social Club to watch Rupert Stroud support Marcus Foster on the last night of his tour and what a great support act he and the band were. It was a refreshing change to see a guy who in my opinion was quite humble and had a laid back attitude on stage – and looked to be having fun!

For 45 minutes I was treated to such wonderful music full of beautiful harmonies and such a rich, earthy sound of Folk/Alternative. It was really interesting to see the drummer to pretty much only have a bass drum and a cymbal producing a soft backing beat that didn’t overpower but rather complemented the guitar and vocals.

Even when Rupert sings alone with a guitar I was really impressed by the quality of the music, but when the harmony kicked in it gave an overall richer quality and sounded just beautiful and again complemented by the raw sound of the guitar. The whole thing worked for me.

Despite a few of the track titles having rather depressive content, I didn’t feel saddened by the music at all which again was a refreshing change to hear from this type of musician and wasn’t typical Alternative music at all which I loved, but the feel of the music was still maintained through the use of guitar chords and the lovely steady beat of the drum.

Emily and Marcus then followed and the whole night was filled with beautiful, meaningful music which the audience seemed to love as much as I did. Rupert, in my opinion was the perfect act to set the scene and the overall mood of the night and was thoroughly enjoyed and I look forward to getting hold of his album ‘Chasing the Night‘ which is now available.