Welly Brighton

Welly live in Brighton at CHALK on 13 October! Get tickets above, or from SeeTickets.

Welly is an extraordinary character with a remarkable literary way of describing himself, his band and society. A square peg in the round hole of suburban life, Welly embraced his difference from an early age and went onto channel his observations on suburbia into songs. Whip-smart, playful, funny and terrifyingly smart pop songs to be precise. He then set about finding the perfect vehicle to pedal his wares and so formed a band and delivered a debut album bursting with “democratised pop music for people that feel fun in the charts stopped at ‘Love Machine’ by Girls Aloud”.

To Welly “The suburbs are a total microorganism of modern British society, the purgatory of class and status, copycat compounds of 5 shops (Co-op, Coral, Age UK, another Co-op, and a chippy that charges for Ketchup), 2 pubs (a bad one, and a really bad one) and 10,000 identical little homes. But the album isn’t as specific as this – you’ll find the songs are about things we all know well – wanting more than we’ve got, insecurity, cold feet, young drunkenness, jealousy, sickly sweet love, regret, uncertainty, and just wanting to fit in. But these tableaux were all born out of those odd places, thousands of which perch under major cities and above the countryside, never knowing its time, but always knowing its place.”

Welly’s songwriting is journalistic, telling the world what he sees out of his window, “I’m just lucky that most of the nation grew up with a similar view out of the window as I had. My songs point the finger but don’t wag it. It’s just going ‘Look! Isn’t this funny everyone?’ over a disco-punk beat.” Big In The Suburbs magnifies the mundane with humour. “When you look at life through a microscope, as suburbanites often must, sometimes a speck of dust can be mistaken for nuclear warfare.”
Welly writes and arranges everything himself with the unwavering faith of this mystery gang of bandmates: Jacob and Joe on bass and guitar, friends since school and are Welly’s most tolerant allies, keeping him in check. Matt (guitar) and Hanna (keys, Grade 1 cowbell) from the Netherlands met Welly at University in Brighton and thus completed the gang.“The best analogy for our relationship is that of ‘Scooby-Doo’ – the show is named after the main character, but there’s a whole gang involved that are just as memorable.” https://worldwidewelly.com

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
24042025 – HAAL + Outlander. The Hope & Ruin
25042025 – Maria Somerville. Green Door Store
26042025 – Good Sad Happy Bad. The Hope & Ruin
27042025 – Erotic Secrets of Pompeii. The Prince Albert
30042025 – Michael Cera Palin. Patterns
30042025 – Hannah James & Toby Kuhn. Lewes Constitutional Club
30042025 – GNOD & White Hills. Green Door Store.
02052025 – Henge. Concorde 2
02052025 – Penelope Trappes. Alphabet
04052025 – Acid Mothers Temple. The Hope & Ruin
06052025 – Soccer Mommy. Chalk
08052025 – Mekons. Lewes Constitutional Club
11052025 – Rust For Glory play Neil Young. Lewes Constitutional Club
11052025 – Miki Berenyi Trio. Dust
13052025 – Snapped Ankles. The Old Market
16052025 – The Bevis Frond. Lewes Constitutional Club|
22052025 – Lunar Vacation. The Hope & Ruin
23052025 – Atticomatic. Dust
29052025 – Shotgun Jimmie. Folklore Rooms
29052025 – Throwing Muses. Chalk
30052025 – MJ Lenderman. Chalk
31052025 – Oi Va Voi. Patterns
01062025 – Shonen Knife. Concorde 2
06062025 – Willi Carlisle. Alphabet
13062025 – Eva Lunny. The Rose Hill
13062025 – Niamh Regan. Folklore
08072025 – Battlesnake + DZ Deathrays. Chalk
11072025 – Cheekface + Martha. Chalk
01082025 – Chris Cohen. Green Door Store
27082025 – The Burning Hell. Komedia
19092025 – Nic Cage Against The Machine. Patterns
19092025 – Bridhde Chaimbeul. Komedia
20092025 – Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan. Dust
13102025 – Welly. Chalk
17102025 – The Utopia Strong. Hope & Ruin
29102025 – Mumble Tide. The Prince Albert
13112025 – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Concorde 2
15112025 – Niall McNamee. Alphabet
28112025 – Ozric Tentacles + System 7. Concorde 2

Fully accessible venue, disabled toilet at the back. Ask bar for assistance. Entrance for wheelchairs at the back of the venue. Toilets gender neutral on some nights. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. Wheelchair area, and sofa at the side for seating, but depending on how many people are in it may affect the viewing.

Welly Brighton

Welly Brighton