THE FUSE

“Ok, that one was basically a story my grandfather once told me…” Buck Meek offers, trailing off somewhere between sincerity and a shrug as he explains the song he’s just played. It’s one of several half-mumbled asides across the night at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney), a venue whose faded, almost haunted grandeur does half the scene-setting for him. You could dress this up as a headline show, but it feels closer to a gathering – half gig, half back-porch pop up.