French rock project led by singer-songwriter Alice Adjutor that fuses 90s grunge with pop arrangements and three-part harmonies.
Jelly Dive play The Ferret on Thursday 26 November, bringing their take on rock to Preston for the night. They're a French outfit, and the set is built around the songs of Alice Adjutor, a singer-songwriter with a sharp pen and a striking scream. The whole project is a fusion of four rock personalities, so what starts with her writing is fleshed out by the rest of the band.
They draw their raw and sensitive expressiveness from 90s grunge, but they don't just stick to the formula. They transfigure the genre with pop arrangements, three-part harmonies and an unabashed sensuality, so it's a bit more polished and melodic than the grit you'd expect from a grunge-inspired sound. The harmonies, in particular, pull it away from the usual distorted-guitar territory and into something closer to pop.
There's a bit of a manifesto behind the music, too. They're claiming a greater female presence in the contemporary music scene and describe their approach as a mixed model in search of emancipation from gender stereotypes. It's a way of talking about the band's place in the scene that sits alongside the music rather than separate from it.
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It's a single-act bill, with Jelly Dive taking the stage on their own. The night runs from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM at The Ferret, 55 Fylde Road, Preston, PR1 2XQ.
