Rachel Bobbitt

Rachel Bobbitt is a Toronto-based artist from Nova Scotia whose songs pair personal lyrics with emotionally charged, cinematic soundscapes. This Manchester date takes place at Gullivers, a venue on Oldham Street.

Rachel Bobbitt, born in Nova Scotia and now based in Toronto, writes music that combines reflective lyrics with large, emotionally weighted sound textures. The Manchester performance is at Gullivers, a Oldham Street venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a programme centred on pop, rock and indie music.

The reference point for this act is the debut full-length album Swimming Towards the Sand, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Chris Coady, whose credits include work with Beach House, Future Islands and DIIV. Across a dozen tracks shaped by the East Coast, the record returns to Bobbitt's roots, moving through memory and loss.

The ocean recurs throughout the album, serving both as an image and as part of an inner landscape. Bobbitt has described the album as dealing with loss without giving in to despair, and as a return to home and to self, built from what remains once the tide has gone out. The artist calls it the most fully realised work to date.