The Gentle Spring + The Sweetest Ache + Beat Kinkaid

THE GENTLE SPRING The Gentle Spring are a chamber pop group based in Paris, consisting of Michael Hiscock, Émilie Guillaumot and Jérémie Orsel. Michael has an illustrious pop history, having been a founder member of The Field Mice, one of the most beloved bands on Sarah Records in the 1990s. The Gentle Spring recorded a debut album ‘Looking Back At The World’ in 2025. Their second album, ’Northernhay’, will be released by Skep Wax Records on 22nd January 2027. THE SWEETEST ACHE Welsh indie‑pop favourites **The Sweetest Ache** return this November with **Reframed**, their first new LP in more than three decades. Formed in Swansea in 1989, the band became one of **Sarah Records**’ most distinctive voices, celebrated for shimmering guitars, emotional clarity, and a melodic sensibility that helped define the label’s legacy. Their early singles *If I Could Shine, Tell Me How It eels* and *Everlasting*, along with their debut album *Jaguar* remain essential documents of the era. BEAT KINKAID AKA jon kent, jonny Kinkaid, Jonny Nashville and jon.k Founder member of the Groove Farm and Beatnik Filmstars. played in Kyoko, Block and Airbomb Repeater. Now working on my solo projects. Latest album, So Long, Pedro, released in November this year.