Tesla Live #13 - Sat 16th Dec - Before Breakfast + Sam Griffiths (The Howl & The Hum)

We’re beyond thrilled that for our last show of what has been an incredible year for us, we bring you… Before Breakfast.

What a way to end the year! Tickets are limited and likely to move very fast!

Before Breakfast

Before Breakfast’s first full-length record ‘I Could Be Asleep If It Weren't For You’ builds upon the band’s journey so far. Since releasing their debut EP ‘Sticky Sweet’ in 2018 the group have explored feminist issues through the telling of personal stories – fusing their classical knowledge and rich arrangements with raw expression. “Our music has always been very beautiful with this discomfort,” Gina says, ”which I view as very feminine.” An uneasy web of harmonies and relentless piano, that release’s stand-out ‘Fat Child’ explored the pressures of society’s damaging expectations around body image.

Two years later, Before Breakfast returned with ‘Open Ears’, a spell-binding second EP knitting together Lucy’s intricate cello with Gina’s expressively haunting vocals. Stand-alone single ‘Buddleia’ would become Before Breakfast’s signature, and best known song – opening the door to where they would go next. “When Gina played it to me I remember being in love with it immediately,” Lucy recalls. The band soon caught the ears of BBC Introducing, as well as C Duncan. That year, they supported the Mercury-nominated Scottish composer and musician on tour – ”an absolute dream”.

​Both Gina and Lucy are in their early thirties, and debut album ‘I Could Be Asleep If It Weren't For You’ makes sense of the shifting perspectives that come with this. “As a teenager, I genuinely thought that I would be married with two kids by now,” Gina explains. The themes that inform the debut as a whole also tie into trying to break out as a new band while holding weighty questions of security and stability versus pursuing your dreams. “There are so many bright young things, and who the hell do I think that we are?” Gina says, mimicking her self-doubting moments. “I really get caught up in the idea that the industry doesn’t want women in their thirties coming through.” “There have been so many barriers for us to even do this by our age,” Lucy says. “I have exclusively played for men since I was 15 years old. I can count the number of female artists I’ve worked for on one hand.”

"Before Breakfast take a cappella, anchor it with an acoustic piano, and smash it… to pieces!"

Fresh On The Net

​"Easily one of the best bands to ever come out of Sheffield, 'Buddleia' is a diamond amongst a back catalogue of other precious gems"

BBC Introducing Sheffield

​"Definitely worth getting up Before Breakfast for."

Music Week

Tickets £12

Doors - 7:15m

STRICT LAST ENTRY - 8pm

Location Pictured below

Post code S2 3EN