Pixx, the artistic pseudonym of Hannah Rodgers, has added more UK tour dates to her autumn calendar, including her first headline shows in Brighton, Nottingham, Manchester and Bristol. Accompanied by band members Luke Rodgers (guitar), Amy Gillespie (keyboards, bass) and Jamie Staples (drums), Rodgers will also open for her friends HMLTD in October.

Pixx’s debut album, The Age Of Anxiety, was released in June to wide acclaim. A collection of twelve songs featuring ‘I Bow Down’, ‘Grip’, ‘Baboo’ and latest single ‘Waterslides’, The Age Of Anxiety addresses a generation increasingly isolated by an unprecedented new world order, from the pressures of social media to an ever-changing political turbulence. The Age Of Anxiety borrows its title from W.H. Auden’s final poem, charting one man’s quest to find substance and identity in a shifting and increasingly industrialised world. Published in 1947, Auden’s six-part rumination on human isolation in the modern age parallels the overarching themes of Pixx’s work some 70 years later.

Originally from Chipstead, Surrey, and a graduate of the BRIT School, 22-year-old Rodgers experienced a year-long period of insomnia caused by recurring nightmares at age nine – her first awareness of anxiety. It left a lasting impression, inspiring a fascination with different states of consciousness, and is one of many somnolent events she draws upon for The Age Of Anxiety.

Pixx Tour Dates

24 August – LONDON, Ultralounge on LG

26 August – TOTNES, Sea Change Festival

27 August – BRISTOL, Hardly a Party Festival

2 September – SALISBURY, End of the Road Festival

3 September – STRADBELLY, Electric Picnic Festival

15 September – BIRMINGHAM, Beyond The Tracks Festival

5 October – LIVERPOOL, The Magnet (w/ HMLTD)

11 October – LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club (w/ HMLTD)

12 October – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Think Tank (w/ HMLTD)

13 October – GLASGOW, Broadcast (w/ HMLTD)

24 October – LONDON, Electric Ballroom (w/ HMLTD)

30 October - BRIGHTON, Green Door Store

31 October – NOTTINGHAM, Bodega

1 November – MANCHESTER, Soup Kitchen

2 November – BRISTOL, The Crofters Rights

3 November – LEEDS, Beacons Metro 2017

As the Academy fills, support band Pixx take to the stage as their brand of laidback tracks ring out greeting the excited hordes. We watch on as the stage is shrouded in smoke, and Pixx don't seem to inspire a great deal from the increasing mass. There's a lack of fervour and excitement about them, they have a very intimate sound that seems to dissipate very quickly.

That's not to doubt their musical ability or their music, but this cavernous hall struggles to do Pixx justice as they're lacking the firepower to really shine through tonight. With the crowd left a little underdone, Daughter had a lofty task ahead of them. Fortunately though they come out of the blocks fighting with a rousing rendition of ‘How’ to kick off proceedings.

This mammoth opener sets the tone for the opening part of tonight set, with Elena’s delicate vocals taking the fore coupled with the soaring soundscapes. Daughter’s effortless style makes it all look so easy, yet the resulting sound is mesmerising, an all-encompassing barrage of incredible noise. It’s an exciting opening, and just as you think it’s beginning to peak the band flip everything on its head.

From in between these huge cinematic soundscapes and delicate folk songs, comes a raucous foot stomper in the form of ‘Human’ out of the nuance filled haze of beauty. ‘Human’ elevates their set to a whole new level, the heavy drums shaking the venue, live this track takes on a completely different personality. It’s a call to arms that has everyone stamping and singing along with the band.

However, the set does return to the more delicate side of the band's sound; their armoury is still packed with incredible tracks. The incomparable ‘Winter’ casts a wonderful spell of hushed silence across this otherwise rowdy crowd, struck dumb by Elena’s sweet delivery. They hit the crowd with another monstrous number in the form of ‘Fossa’ in the latter part of the set, but it doesn’t rival the brilliance of ‘Human’.

Tonight though Daughter are truly on fire, their cinematic tracks overpower this boisterous crowd. Their set is perfectly balanced with blasts of power in all the right places, keeping the crowd on their toes. Whilst their second album dominates the set, the older tracks stand firm, but there is a noticeable uplift in the newer material. Overall though it’s the ease at which this is all delivered, they dole out a multitude of intriguing sounds each more inspiring than the previous one.