Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn bring Blue Reservoir, their new album as Everything But The Girl, to Union Chapel for two nights in May.
Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl play Union Chapel in Islington on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 May 2027. The nights draw on Blue Reservoir, their new album.
Thorn sang in the Marine Girls and Watt was a young guitarist when Cherry Red suggested they meet. They formed the duo in 1982 and made their first album, Eden, two years later.
Their widest audience came in the 1990s. Todd Terry’s remix of “Missing” sold over three million copies, and Walking Wounded produced four UK top 40 singles in 1996.
In 2023 Fuse ended a 24-year gap between albums. Blue Reservoir follows on 19 February 2027: ten songs for voices, guitars, double bass, drums and percussion, recorded largely live at RAK Studios.
The pair credit their residency at MOTH Club in Hackney for the album’s return to their earliest influences.
Rex Horan plays double bass, Evan Jenkins drums, and Blake Watt of Family Stereo guitar.