Family Stereo

GIG REVIEW Family Stereo & Kathi Deakin at The Lexington, London

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Thursday 17 September, tour runs through 24 September 2026

Setlist: Remedy; Waiting On Nina; Fault Lines; The Thread; I Don’t Need Light; From Here To Nowhere; Three Moon Trail; Removed; Matter; Early Promise; DLR

Family Stereo ‘folkish rockery’ frontman Blake Watt is reflecting on this, his band’s 1st sell-out London show, and tells an amusing story about ‘survivors’ guilt’.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: The Thread by Family Stereo (week beginning 21 August 2026)

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Tracklist: Remedy; Waiting On Nina; Sea Change; Fault Lines; The Thread; Removed; Collapsing; DLR; Silhouette On The Hill; Three Moon Trail; Tunnels

Rather than a brat summer, this season has been more Confessions II or Pride summer for us but this understated debut album has grown in stature thanks to repeated play.

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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for September 2026 starring Gillian Anderson

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  1. Gillian Anderson in Virginia Woolf

We last saw Anderson resplendent on a revolving London stage at the Young Vic in A Streetcar Named Desire and here she stars in the classic Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? opposite Billy Crudup (High Noon, Harold Pinter Theatre) at the intimate @SohoPlace. Directed by Marianne Elliott (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, National Theatre) runs 21 September through 19 December 2026. Tickets Our review

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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for August 2026 starring Cate Blanchett

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  1. Cate Blanchett in Electra/Persona

Blanchett (The Seagull, Barbican) stars opposite Nina Hoss (The Cherry Orchard, Donmar) in Benedict Andrews’ (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Apollo Theatre) production fusing ancient myth and modern psychology at the Lyttelton at the National 19 August through 10 October 2026. Tickets Our review

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SONG OF THE WEEK: Fault Lines by Family Stereo (week beginning Thursday 28 May 2026)

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Family Stereo is the ‘folkish rockery’ project of London-based songwriter Blake Watt who we 1st encountered at an east London gig last year accompanying his parents.

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