Amy Studt live at the Monto Water Rats, London
Amy Studt was like many teen girls going through a pop princess phase but unfortunately failed to make an impact; four years later she returns a new woman. No longer a ‘Misfit’ and as mature as she can be at the ripe age of 22, Studt has taken a new direction in her musical career.
As a British singer, songwriter and musician, Studt has got a lot of guts to do what she does. As the set began, maybe twenty people stood in front of her waiting to hear her new material. This didn’t stop her from putting on an impressive opening with the track ‘Sad Sad World’. She continued her intimate set showcasing some of the new tracks from her second album ‘My Paper Made Men’. She stood singing for some, while other she took to her musical side for others including playing the keyboards on ‘Just A Little Girl’ and ‘She Walks Beautiful’ had an amazing chanting section where she had a huge drum pounding away.
The acoustic ‘Furniture’ went down a treat with the crowd, as did the rest of the tracks. The vocal ability Studt possesses is very important within her performance and the music she is playing. With her precise pronunciation, changing pitch and knowing how to alter her sound through the microphone to saviour the effects on a listener she made quite an impact on the crowd. The four members of her band were vital within her performance, as some acted as her backing singings, but never once over powered her vocals.
The way she interacted with her fans, spoke to the crowd about her tracks and most importantly showed her nervousness made the set that much more intimate and personal. She jumped up and down to relieve the restrictedness the small stage held and the bundle of nerves that looked tangled in her stomach.
The only thing that ruined the set was nothing to do with Amy Studt, her band, the music or vocals, but the ignorant old man that has his phone on the highest of volume, and which went of during Amy’s last and most inspiring of numbers. If it has been a small ring or something as such wouldn’t have been so bad and maybe forgivable, but the Grandstand theme tune and the fact it took him ages to actually find the phone in his pocket and switch it off was very rude to both Studt and her fans. Just like a professional though, Studt never let it show even though this must have distracted her.
Quite a night for singer songwriter and musician Amy Studt as well as the people that came to watch her.