Patrick Duff is one of the UK’s most intriguing and compelling singer-songwriters. Starting out as a busker, he became frontman of Strangelove and continues to this day as an outstanding solo artist, in a career that spans over 30 years. His songs sound natural, like they’ve always existed and just been plucked out of the ether. You can hear this timeless quality throughout the five solo albums he’s released so far. Duff cheerfully describes his art as “Love songs to a world that has completely broken my heart.” 1 November 2024 will see the release of the long awaited new album ANOTHER WORD FOR ROSE. An album that’s like looking through a window into the landscape of a person which usually remains hidden. You are drawn by the haunting music into this other world. It’s about going on when you can’t go on. Patrick Duff’s concerts are intense and mesmerising performances that resonate deeply. He says: “My gigs are as much about the silence that surrounds the songs. The silence where the songs materialised as they came to me. The silence of our collective listening. The silence where all dreams end.” The sense of this silence is also present in the atmosphere running through his memoir THE SINGER. An intimate account of the mysticism of his childhood, the chaos and redemption of the years in Strangelove and the time he spent living and musically collaborating in Cape Town, South Africa. Fans also like Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Scott Walker, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens