Ben Weston + Hero Fisher + Alex Kate

Singer/songwriter, sounding like a combination of the Stereophonics and Dashboard Confessional, together with influences from the Beatles to Feeder.

Hero Fisher is a rare gem – the genuine article, in contemporary music’s every-filling bucket of glittering fakes and plastic imitations. Her music, on first listen, magnetizes you with its crackling, unpredictable power, and raw emotional language. There is instantly a sense of mystery, too, of songs you’ll be unpicking for weeks, even years, or may never quite nail the meaning of.

Debuting as a late-twentysomething, Hero generates an artistic gravitas incomparable with any other singer of her generation – male or female. In search of meaningful comparisons, you’d have to go back to early-’90s arrivisites such as Jeff Buckley, with his turbulent, passion-warped song structures, or Polly Harvey, who joins Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave amongst Fisher’s few outright heroes.

A British songwriter whose interests lie in classic poetry and 70s fashion, Alex Kate immediately asserts herself as a storyteller to be heard. Fusing retro drums with ethereal vocals, Alex Kate creates lyrical journeys to inspire, consol or to challenge the status quo.