Lonelady

Lonelady performed at The Bodega on Tuesday 1 February, accompanied by Emzae supporting. We popped down to check it out..

Lonelady: Manchester’S Groove Maestro Invites Cardiff To Dance It All Out

NEW ORDER decided to return to UK live performances in style, after an 18-month enforced break due to Covid. This gig could be viewed as a warm-up gig to the one in their home town of Manchester, a couple of days later.

“These new songs are new to me too,” a sheepish Campbell confesses as she looks around the room attempting to cut through the chatter and gauge the reaction.

By the end of the evening, Lonelady has given a solid performance (albeit one marred slightly by the frequent and poorly balanced use of shrill synth tones by an overzealous keyboardist) that one crowd member describes as a solid midweek gig.

For years, I had a vague feeling of musical dissatisfaction. Sure, The Heartbreaks tried their best to make me happy and, briefly, I was in love with The Slow Show. But deep, down inside, a still, small voice kept whispering to my middle-aged complacency, “Simo, Simo—. You’re more into Post-Punk than all of t

Julie Campbell AKA LoneLady plays facing this slab of brutalism and it suits her just fine.