Bryde

Bryde plays The Victoria on Thursday 22 October, with the set starting at 7:30 pm. It's a single-name bill, so the whole night is built around her.

Bryde is the stage name of Sarah Howells, a Pembrokeshire-born, London-based artist who plays electric guitar and writes songs that shift from the vulnerable to the uncompromising within a single verse and chorus. Her music is described as honest and furiously authentic, and she's listed under the alternative genre. The description of her songs as "fierce" and "fragile" points to the kind of dynamic she works with — the quiet, stripped-back moments sitting right alongside the louder, more direct ones.

Coming from Pembrokeshire and now based in London, Howells writes from that particular space where the electric guitar does most of the heavy lifting. It's alternative music that doesn't hide behind a full band, and the focus stays on the songs themselves. If you've come across her before, you'll know the sound: electric guitar, her voice, and a way of moving between the fragile and the fierce in the space of one song.

It's a Thursday night, so you'll be mid-week when she takes the stage. The Victoria is at 48 John Bright St, and the music starts at 7:30 pm.