SOFY

SOFY plays The Hare & Hounds on Sunday 18 October, starting at 19:00. She's a Leicester-based artist and songwriter, and this is her bringing the act down to Brighton for a single night.

If you haven't come across her yet, the description that follows her around is that she's 'one of the most exciting names in UK indie'. It's a broad label, and the music itself does a fair bit of the heavy lifting to explain what that actually means. She blends alternative rock, indie and pop into a sound that doesn't quite fit into one neat box, and that's the point — it's a mix that puts her apart from most of what's on the radio right now.

Coming from Leicester, she's playing the Hare & Hounds on London Road, so it's a bit of a trip from the Midlands to the South Coast for one Sunday evening. The set is built around her own songs, and since she writes and performs them herself, you're getting the material as she intends it. It's a straightforward bill: just SOFY, no support listed, so the night is focused entirely on her set.

It's a Sunday night, which keeps it a bit more low-key than a Friday or Saturday, and the Hare & Hounds is right on London Road, easy enough to get to from the centre. The music starts at 19:00, and since she's the only name on the bill, that's when the night gets going. If you're into indie that doesn't stick too closely to a formula, this is one to keep on your radar.