Name: Emma Pollock (The Delgados) + special guests
Start: 2026-04-02T20:00:00+01:00
Location: The Prince Albert

Melting Vinyl presents
Emma Pollock (The Delgados) + special guests at The Prince Albert, Brighton
on Thursday 2nd April
Doors: 8pm
£20 adv / £24 on the door
Standing
18+
A founding member of critically acclaimed Scottish band The Delgados, Emma Pollock co-wrote and shared lead vocal duties on the 5 studio albums the band released between 1995 and 2005. 2000’s album ‘The Great Eastern’ was awarded a Mercury nomination.
Live, she shares her soft, yet extremely powerful voice, and deeply moving emotional baroque indie folk-rock-pop. She then lightens the mood with friendly banter and genuine laughter, which makes her sets completely endearing.
Emma co-founded influential Glasgow record label Chemikal Underground and co-founded recording studio Chem19, and following The Delgados’ split she became a solo artist and has since released 3 solo albums: ‘Watch The Fireworks’ (4AD) in 2007, ‘The Law Of Large Numbers’ (Chemikal Underground) in 2010 and ‘In Search of Harperfield’ (Chemikal Underground) in 2016, which was nominated for the SAY Award.
In addition to The Delgados and subsequent solo work, she has also taken part in many collaborative projects; most notably The Burns Unit featuring amongst others King Creosote & Karine Polwart, which resulted in 2010’s debut album for the band ‘Sideshow’ and a ‘Later With Jools Holland’ appearance.
2010 also saw the formation of The Fruit Tree Foundation with Rod Jones (Idlewild), a project commissioned by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival to promote awareness of mental health issues within the music industry by producing an album of new material written by 8 Scottish songwriters.
Emma has also worked with Glasgow organisation Vox Liminis, which arranges songwriting workshops in Scottish prisons and released its debut album of original material, ‘Not Known At This Address’, in May 2018.
Emma’s fourth solo album, ‘Begging The Night To Take Hold’, was released on Chemikal Underground Records in the autumn of 2025.
“This set of songs is Pollock’s richest and most melodic.”
“[Pollock’s] dusky alto voice… is weighty with newfound wisdom.”
Uncut 9/10
“Begging The Night To Take Hold is again abundant proof that… when [Pollock is] finally front and centre, you don’t want the lights to go down.”
A Record of The Year Mojo 2025
Mojo 5/5
“The most criminally underrated vocalist of the last quarter-century.”
A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed
“Emma Pollock’s fourth – and finest – solo set…”
“An ever-questing talent intent on finding new ways to refresh and revivify her palette.”
Record Collector 4/5
“It’s a mighty collection… some of her finest compositions of her musical career.”
Scottish Daily Express 5/5
This show will be an Emma Pollock duo performance accompanied by Graeme Smillie on bass/keyboard.