A.S. Fanning

The Hug and Pint, Glasgow.

A.S. Fanning

This event is for 18 and over - No refunds will be issued for under 18s.

Ticket type Cost (face value)? Quantity
STANDING £12.21 (£11.00)
£1 DONATION - THE HUG AND PINT £1.00 (£1.00)
THE HUG AND PINT, Glasgow is a vital community grassroots music venue. In the face of rapidly increasing costs and an audience understandably reluctant to spend more money in a cost-of-living crisis. The Hug and Pint is in need of financial support to help ensure its long-term sustainability. Your donations help to provide a platform for the next generation of artists and are hugely appreciated.
ACCESS COMPANION £0.00 (£0.00)
Access tickets are available for customers who require a companion / carer to accompany them at any of our Hug and Pint shows. Proof of disability and / or sufficient documentation should be provided when purchasing an access ticket. If you are in need of a reserved seat for a show, please email tickets@432presents.com to discuss and they will arrange this for you with the venue.

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A.S. Fanning – Take Me Back To Nowhere


A.S. Fanning is an Irish songwriter whose music fuses the introspection of indie folk with the expansive weight of alternative rock and psychedelic music. Marked by layered textures, melancholic atmospheres, and his resonant baritone, his songs confront themes of dread, mortality, and uncertainty. Drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Scott Walker, Fanning transforms unease into hauntingly beautiful soundscapes, blending acoustic intimacy with subtle electronic flourishes to create a voice that is both timeless and distinctly his own. A.S. Fanning’s latest album Mushroom Cloud earned widespread acclaim in the UK, praised for its sweeping atmospheres and unflinching lyricism. Hailed in the press as a career-defining work, it secured him recognition as Songwriter of the Year 2023 in Far Out Magazine and cemented his reputation as one of Ireland’s most compelling voices.


His upcoming album Take Me Back to Nowhere was shaped by disorientation, fracture, and a fascination with the unstable nature of reality. Written while housebound with a broken wrist, the album reflects both physical limitation and creative paralysis, where endless words became overwhelming chaos. Inspired by sci-fi authors like Ursula K. Le Guin and J.G. Ballard, the songs explore how imagination bends reality, how anxiety reshapes the world into surreal, isolating landscapes.

 

Alongside this inner turbulence came the constant noise of global conflict, viewed through the prism of social media, and the sense of a collapsing moral center. The surreal spectacle of war reduced to “content” deepened a feeling of unreality, of civilization as mere facade. His vision of confusion as a valid form of entertainment became a guiding force: instead of resisting disorder, the album embraces it. The result is a work that oscillates between intimacy and disorientation, rooted in the belief that there is no singular reality, only fractured personal perspectives. “Take me back to nowhere” becomes both a plea for escape and an embrace of disorientation - a return to the void that precedes and outlasts us. Conceptual, atmospheric, and unsettling, the album invites listeners into the depths of confusion.