Two of Edinburgh’s favourite alternative/indie acts come together for a double-header in our Granton Pianodrome Warehouse.
About Faith Elliot
Faith Eliott is a songwriter and visual artist. Born in Minneapolis, they moved to Scotland nearly two decades ago. Through storytelling and world-building, they illustrate intuitive landscapes populated by hagfish, Pleistocene volcanoes, cursed memes, and late-Renaissance apocryphal monsters lurking in the aisles of Asda.
Sonically, Eliott grounds themself in a stripped-back, lyric-driven songwriting approach that evolves through the recording process to incorporate orchestral elements — often contributed by frequent collaborator Robyn Dawson — along with electronic textures and found sounds.
Eliott’s most recent album, dryas, came out on May 30th, 2025 via Lost Map Records. Since its release, Eliott has been actively touring across the UK, including support slots for James Yorkston & Nina Persson (The Cardigans) and Stick in the Wheel. Made possible with support from Creative Scotland and the PRS Women Make Music fund, dryas has been widely praised, with coverage in The List and The Scotsman, and was longlisted for the SAY Award.
The album follows two earlier releases, Impossible Bodies (2019, OK Pal
Records) and Insects (2016, Song, by Toad Records), both of which received
strong reviews and national radio play on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3’s Late
Junction, and BBC 6 Music.
“[Eliott] will surely be championed for years to come as one of the finest
lyricists of their generation.” – Drowned in Sound
“hauntingly beautiful and mysterious” – The 405
“Dryas is a gorgeous, gentle, poignant & hopeful folk-pop fantasia.” *****
The Scotsman
About Meursault
From scratchy, electronic beginnings to string laden torch songs and pounding alt rock, Meursault has defied categorisation from the moment the project was conceived in 2008. Despite this, the distinct voice of Neil Pennycook and the unique playing of his collaborators never seem to stray too far from what is always recognisable as the ‘Meursault sound’. Critically acclaimed and a regular fixture on many an ‘end of year list’, Meursault is a live act not to be missed or soon forgotten.
“Meursault are ambassadors of misery, self-loathing, and huge, heart-heavy choruses” – Pitchfork
“The idea of things being ‘clever’ in rock music often arouses suspicion… but Meursault can pull this off without ever seeming self-indulgent” – God is in the Tv
“Meursault have never sounded as triumphant and full of conviction”- The Skinny
“Meursault have often revealed glimpses of a darkness hidden beneath the surface. For every plaintive lilt there is a sudden outbreak of raw, desperate emotion”- GoldFlakePaint