Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 8th 2010.

One of the bands who were showcased during Liverpool Sound City week was The Floe. Led by the silky vocals of Sarah Springett they, along with many others provided the public of Liverpool with some new bands to take in and admire.

Now, as part of the Cafe Nero artist of the month, three of the band were back to seek an audience in the ambient atmosphere of Liverpool One. Joining Sarah were guitarist David Booth and keyboard player Liz Townsend, and although slightly cramped in the setting they were in, they still managed to thrill those who maybe just popped in for a coffee on their way home or took time out to go along and see them after their excellent night in Hannah’s Bar.

The band themselves are no strangers to Liverpool, with Sarah and David recording their Alone Me album Sketch in 2007 at the studio in Wood Street and having supported The Bad Shepherds on their last tour just across the water at Pacific Road.

With just 60 minutes to get through a set that some bands would milk for a couple of hours, the band showed why they were a big hit the last time they played the city, stunning lyrics accompanied by the gentlest of guitar players and the ghost like touch of delicate fingers on keys.

The band opened up the evening with the song Summer which seemed to fit in with the sun streaming through the windows, and One Deep Breath.

Although not technically a Floe album the band were not afraid to go back in their catalogue and revisit the Sketch album and almost reinvent the songs Bullet Proof and the stunning Start Again.

The band finished this ideal way of touring and promoting their exquisite music to a wider audience with the songs Treading Water and the beautiful Not What Knocks You Down.

A band that I am sure will achieve the wider recognition that there music insists upon. A pure joy to listen to, acoustically and as a full electric group.

Ian D. Hall