Austel: The Open Fund
Short project Title: Austel – Album Release & UK Tour
Project Title: This funding from PRS Foundation will support a 10-date UK tour to celebrate the release of Austel’s new album, Mirror To Mine. It will ensure musicians are paid by MU rates, alongside supporting tour management fees, fuel and accommodation. Austel is touring on the following dates: 7th Sun – The Poetry Club, Glasgow 8th June – Little Buildings, Newcastle 9th June – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds 10th June – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham 12th June – Pink Moon, Brighton 15th June – Bristol Folk House, Bristol 17th June – Down By Here, Swansea 18th June – Green Note, London 19th June – Other Space Arts, Windsor 20th June – 12 Bar Music & Social, Exeter
Bio: On her return as Austel, Devon-born artist and producer Annie Rew Shaw treads a different path from the one that received widespread plaudits for the delicate, luscious piano songs of her 2024 debut album Dead Sea. Her new album ‘Mirror To Mine’ – mixed by Grace Banks (English Teacher, Haim, Squid) – explores the folkier intimacies of the guitar, while cinematic field recordings put the work in conversation with the likes of Jon Hopkins & King Creosote and Cassandra Jenkins. Fans of Big Thief, Elliott Smith & Bon Iver will also find much to love across its ten tracks.