Sandbox

   September 30, 2025

Sandbox @ Korumba, Manchester, 14th February 2004.

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a brown strapless top with a scarf tied around her neck. She is holding a microphone to her mouth with her right hand, which she is singing in to, with her eyes closed. There are several bangles on her right arm. The walls behind her are a mustard yellow, with red shadows being cast by stage lights.

Sandbox @ Robinskis, Manchester, 22nd February 2004.

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a white top with black flower print, and blue jeans, singing into a microphone she is holding in her right hand, her head slightly tilted to her left, a blissful expression on her face. In the background, the neck of a guitar can be seen on the left of the frame, being held by another member of the band. White walls and a dark ceiling fill the rest of the frame.2 members of a band performing on stage, a woman with short brown hair and wearing a white top with a black flower motif and dark jeans, holding a microphone that she is singing into, and a man with short, light brown hair and wearing a dark jacket and pale blue jeans, playing a brown acoustic guitar. Dark walls and ceiling fill the background, with a black amplifier on a stool in the middle of the frame.

Sandbox @ ZanziBar, Liverpool, 29th June 2005.

4 members of a band performing on stage. On the left is a man with short dark hair that is longer on top, with ginger sideburns and goatee, wearing a red t-shirt with a yellow motif on the chest, and a blue pair of jeans. He is looking down at a black electric guitar he is holding in his hands. Next is a man with short-ish dark hair, wearing a red t-shirt and blue jeans, sitting behind a black drumkit, holding a pair of drumsticks in his hands, the sticks raised almost vertically. Towards the right of the frame, a woman with shoulder length red hair and wearing a strapless red top with a white band at the top is playing a brown acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on a stand in front of her. On the left, a man with shaggy brown hair, wearing a plain red t-shirt and a blue pair of jeans is playing a brown and white bass guitar is staring off towards the back of the room. Black wall line the background, with a large white poster with black text advertising events on 2nd and 6th August hanging on the wall on the left.A man with lank dark hair and almost impressive sideburns, along with the beginnings of a goatee beard, wearing a red t-shirt with a yellow text-based logo that is almost indecipherable, and baggy blue jeans. He is playing a brown electric guitar, looking down at his left hand on the strings on the guitars neck while his right hand plays a chord. A long exposure combined with his movement has created some ghostly secondary images, mostly around the body and neck of the guitar, as well as some yellow and white light trails. A person wearing a red t-shirt can be seen sitting behind a drum kit in the background at the bottom right of the frame. A pair of large white posters, with text apparently advertising up-coming events at the venue dominate black walls behind this man.

Sandbox @ Academy3, Manchester, 5th August 2005.

A man with shaggy dark hair, wearing a brown and white banded top and a blue pair of jeans, playing a black bass guitar on a stage. A long exposure has combined with the stage lights and his movement to create red and blue light trails tracking where he and his instrument have moved. A woman wearing a sleeveless white top can be seen in the background in the bottom left corner, with black walls and ceiling filling the rest of the frame.A man with ear-length brown hair and wearing a green polo-shirt and a blue pair of jeans, sitting behind a drum kit with a drum stick raised in the air in his right hand, looking down to his left. A striped sweat-band is wrapped around his right wrist. A green and chrome drumkit is sitting in front of him, with another drum and cymbal peeking in to the bottom left corner. A camera flash has frozen him in place, while a long exposure, his movements, and the stage lights paint red and green lights around him.A man with short, dark hair swept down over his forehead, wearing a whit polo shirt with brown and orange bands around the body, and a blue pair of jeans, standing on a stage and playing a brown and white bass guitar. A flash has frozen him in time, while a long exposure, a slight zoom, his movement, and the stage lights have combined to paint the area around him in red. Amplifiers sit on the stage behind him, also tinted red, while the walls and ceiling at the back of the stage are black, with green speckles of reflected light on metal frames right at the back.Long exposure snap zoom close-up of the face of a man facing to the right, with dark hair that is very short on the sides and fairly long on top, wearing a green t-shirt, and looking down and to the right of the frame. A flash has frozen him in place, and a long exposure mixed with a snap zoom out gives a sense of movement, with added red, yellow, green and blue stage lights going off, painting the frame with coloured lights.

Sandbox @ Rampant Lion, Manchester, 18th March 2006

2 members of a band performing on stage. On the left is a woman with shoulder-length red hair, wearing a green shirt and a blue pair of jeans, playing a cream-coloured electric guitar. A tall microphone stand is in front of her. On the right is a man with brown shaggy hair, wearing a green t-shirt and blue jeans, playing a black and white bass guitar, facing off to the left of the frame. A collection of black amplifiers litters the stage behind them, with 2 glazed, brown wooden doors on the right of the frame. A heavily gilded mirror hangs on the green wall under a pair of white lampshades on the left of the frame. Green walls and ceiling fill the rest of the frame.A woman with red hair and wearing a khaki-green dress, holding a megaphone to her mouth in her right hand, and a microphone on a stand in her left, singing through the megaphone into the mic. In the background, a painting in an elaborate gold frame hangs on a green wall, with dark wood covering the join between the wall and the dark ceiling.

Sandbox @ The Vine, Leeds, 28th March 2006.

A man wearing a black knitted hat, a black t-shirt with a white print made up of mostly indecipherable text, and a blue pair of jeans. He is playing a white electric guitar, which has a black strap with yellow "Fender" text and a brown representation of a guitar head slung over his left shoulder. A microphone on a stand is in front of his head up in the top left corner. Gren walls and a brown wooden ceiling fill the background.Close-up of the face of a woman as sings into a microphone in front of her mouth, staring off into the distance. A bloom of red light illuminates the right side of her face, with black walls and ceiling filling the rest of the frame.A man with long brown hair, wearing a green t-shirt and a blue pair of jeans, with a black guitar strap slung over his left shoulder attached to the brown bass guitar he is playing. A camera flash has frozen him in place, while a long exposure, a snap zoom, and his movement create secondary images around him. The background has a green and white cloth cover on the wall, with a brown wooden ceiling.

Sandbox @ Jabez Clegg, Manchester, 16th March 2008.

A woman with chin-length black hair cut in a pixie bob, singing into a microphone mounted on a stand in front of her. Her head is tilted slightly to her right, and her eyes are slightly closed. She is wearing a long-sleeved black woollen dress, with a wide red leather belt tied around her waist. A black guitar strap is slung over her left shoulder, attached to a white guitar sneaking into shot at the bottom of the frame. The head and shoulder of a person with shoulder-length blond hair is visible next to her, on the right of the frame, behind the mic stand. Dark blue walls and black ceiling fill the rest of the frame.Close-up of the head of a woman facing to the right, singing in to a microphone on a stand right in front of her mouth. She has short, dark hair cut in a bob, and is wearing a dark top. Stage lights give her face a purple cast. A long exposure with a snap zoom results in this closeup of her face, but also a shot of her playing a creamy yellow guitar, with someone behind her playing a bass guitar in front of a bright light.