Jeremy Messersmith, The Ale House, Austin Tx, Saturday 19 March 2011 (SXSW)

With the fervour of the newly converted, we had spent the week telling everyone to come and see this set. we managed to convince one friend to accompany us and luckily she enjoyed it as much as us. As new fans it was great to see that we weren't the only ones either.

The set thoroughly lived up to expectations. We hadn't been familiar with Jeremy's work before SXSW, besides the YouTube hit Tatooine Song. A lovely song, it doesn't quite provide the listener with the full breadth of his beautiful songs.

For a short set, there was a mix of tempos and styles, from some pretty heartfelt, simple sounding songs reminiscent of Belle and Sebastian at their best, to some subtly baroque numbers, via summery 60s pop.
Credit must also go to the band and strings accompanying the set which were a quality touch.

Hopefully Jeremy will make it over to Europe this summer. It would be perfect if there was budget to bring the full band.