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When it comes to pivotal life moments, having the mighty Nick Cave snatch a balloon out of your hands when you're seven years old before smirkingly stomping on it is going to make you do one of two things: 1) run off crying and forever commit to a quiet life or 2) decide to be just like the big tall man who gets a kick out of scaring little kids. When it happened to Lia Metcalfe, she wisely decided to do the latter.
Still only 20 years old, the Mysterines' imposing frontwoman melds together more than her lifetime's worth of experiences with the kind of deep, impassioned vocal you won't forget in a hurry. In her songs and stagecraft you’ll see and hear everything from PJ Harvey's raw and ragged stomp to the crazed carnival energy of Tom Waits and eviscerating poetics of Patti Smith. The first great British rock band of the post-pandemic era, the Mysterines let us in on Lia's unfiltered look at life, the universe and everything, complete with serious riffs and an unflinching honesty.
Though currently based in Manchester, Lia was raised in Liverpool, born to parents only just out of their teens who raised her on the road and in and out of festival VIP areas; hence that unforgettable run-in with Nick Cave. Both were - and still are - music obsessives, bringing her up to the sounds of Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Motown classics and Bob Dylan, who remains her song-writing icon.
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