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Both Hands + Town Centre, Leith Depot, Edinburgh, 31st January 2025, Independent Venue Week



On hearing that it might be a wee while before Edinburgh’s Both Hands perform live again and that they were doing a final gig at the fine Leith Depot venue as part of Indie Venue Week it seemed imperative to attend. They’ll be back though, for I hear that there’s a record in the midst and not too distant future. Perhaps just a hiatus, as I hear word that they might be playing some festivals in the summer.


Both Hands, a project combining the electro forces of Slim Wrist’s Brian Pokora and vocals of singer songwriter Hailey Beavis, is an enjoyable, tingly and experimental joy to witness live.

Hailey Beavis is an Edinburgh based singer-songwriter who released her debut album, I’ll Put You Where the Trombone Slides, in 2022 on OK Pal Records and Brian has been in several bands including Future Get Down and duo Slim Wrist.


Supported by Glasgow’s Town Centre, there was an electro buzz in the air this Friday night, addling the vibes in the renowned venue. Performing tracks like Maybe I’m Alone we got a real poetic insight into the band while finding it impossible not to bop along to their fun synthy beeps and glitches.

Both Hands polished the night off nicely, with offers of Ferrero Rocher being thrown into the crowd, and Beavis’ momentary band comparison to The Killers, professing that everyone should do a ‘shout out to Brendan Flowers.’ With lyrics like, ‘wild horse ride through fire and water, Angels fly from one thought to another, I am nothing but a ladder leading up into the sky,’ and Pokora on the synth, it’s mostly just an ecstatic time. And if that’s what you’re looking for, then reach

Main image: Both Hands – photo credit: Laura Meek

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