Watch Landshapes perform 'Night So Strong' at End of the Road Festival
09 October 2013, 17:53
| Written by
Sebastien Dehesdin
Their impressive debut album Rambutan might have only dropped back in June but Bella Union signings Landshapes had a pretty busy couple of years leading up to it.
Transitioning from their previous incarnation as Lulu and the Lampshades) where a novel YouTube performance of old-time US folk classic ‘When I’m Gone’ became the inspiration Anna Kendrick’s audition piece in sleeper ‘Glee-but-better’ hit movie Pitch Perfect) the band’s gutsy development of the indie/folk sound has been a highlight of forwarding-thinking British music this year.
Best Fit met up with the band during this year’s End of the Road Festival; watch their take on ‘Night So Strong’ above.
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