Railcard + The Corner Laughers at The Betsey

Railcard play a summer matinee show upstairs at The Betsey Trotwood, with special US guests The Corner Laughers.Doors open 2pmLive music from 3pmRailcard formed in early 2025 when Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture) and Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, The Penrose Web & more…) began writing songs together. Along with Peter Momtchiloff (Heavenly, Would-be-goods) on bass and Allison Thompson (Oldfield Youth Club, Heist, Trashcan Sinatras) on trumpet, the band have recorded a stack of material in a very short time. Their trio of eponymous EPs were released as a compilation by Skep Wax and Slumberland in January 2026, and in September there follows another album Two Steps At A Time, with twelve more songs, plus a run of UK gigs.Railcard’s individual indie/pop DNA is easy to trace in the music - Love and Button’s songs mix up ingredients from their earlier projects, and Momtchiloff’s own songs bear his hallmark style. There are shared lead vocals, jangling guitars, sweet strings, organ and cool trumpet lines, plus a drive and punch from the rhythm section that steers into Motown, bubblegum pop/garage and more.https://railcardband.bandcamp.com/“This is perhaps what Stereolab would sound like if, accompanied by a TV show orchestra, they had to cover a "K-Tel's Greatest Unknown Hits of the 1960s and 1970s" compilation.”- Pause-Record-Play“The foursome shimmy seamlessly between hyper-melodic vintage King’s Road psychedelia…..featherlight lushness…..pop-exotica…..sublimely rubber-grooved glitterball-kosmisch……….and ‘70s kitsch curiosity.”- FreqLongtime San Francisco Bay Area indie and folk-pop outfit The Corner Laughers weave a tapestry of enchanting, "ridiculously catchy melodies" (Word Magazine) and thoughtful lyricism. Their newest record, the just-released Concerns of Wasp and Willow, is already earning critical acclaim and airplay at home and abroad. During their August visit to England, members of the band, including singer/songwriter/ukulele player Karla Kane and multi-instrumentalist Khoi Huynh, will perform acoustic versions of songs from the new album and the band's back catalog. Expect wistful, slightly-haunted woodland wanderings and wonderings about nature, nurture, ghosts, birds, books and more. Check out https://bigstirrecords.com/the-corner-laughers for more information. "The Corner Laughers are a Californian band who come across like a West Coast Belle and Sebastian. Their indie pop is sassy and smart, intelligent and intricate, twee with bite." - The Guardian“The Corner Laughers craft a brand of pop that’s sophisticated, clever, erudite and memorable — one that follows in the proud tradition of great songwriting artists like Carole King and Paul McCartney.” – SF Weekly"Their sunny indie-pop is easy on the ear, but further listening lets the musical complexity, lyrical depth, and occasional dark subject matter seep through." - Shindig! Magazine