Hector Shaw

Hector Shaw performs at The Hug and Pint in Glasgow, with songs in the pop, rock and indie style that draw on Scottish folk roots. The evening is a concert by this act.

Hector Shaw grew up around traditional Scottish music, but the songs turn inwards, dwelling on pastoral longing and unspoken desire over finger-picked guitars and folk-tinged arrangements. The writing pays close attention to what goes unsaid, and its storytelling has been compared with Sufjan Stevens, Phoebe Bridgers and Laura Marling. The recent single 'Noah'is framed as a message to an estranged friend, with a queer angle.

Support has come from BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, and the Scottish Alternative Music Awards put the second EP, Fawns, up for Best Acoustic. Hector Shaw has toured the UK and Europe alongside Katie Gregson-Macleod, Jacob Alon and Lizzie Reid, and has appeared at Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections and Belladrum's Tartan Heart.

The Hug and Pint is a Glasgow venue that hosts concerts and shows, and this evening places Hector Shaw's material within that programme.