A night of heartfelt honesty and high-energy indie pop, Ellur turns the Camden Assembly into a room full of catharsis, connection, and northern charm.

Nestled above a buzzy North London pub, The Camden Assembly has seen a number of indie legends grace its small stage over the years – The Strokes, The Libertines and Bloc Party to name a few. For the penultimate stop on her UK tour, it also proved to be the perfect setting for Ellur, a Yorkshire-based indie artist, as the crowded room brimmed with catharsis and connection from start to finish.

The opening ‘Missing Kid’ set a suitably upbeat tone for the night, with tinges of bittersweet nostalgia uplifted by an irresistible guitar-driven groove. “This sinking feeling, I know it so well,” she confessed in the chorus. Though these sinking feelings were channeled into soaring energy levels – a sentiment that echoed throughout the set with tracks like ‘Boys’, a lively pop anthem ruminating on the tired notion that ‘boys will be boys’.

Ellur’s infectious enthusiasm kept the crowd moving all night, whether jumping with her to the soaring synths on ‘Anywhere’ or swaying along to the wistful ballad ‘The World Is Not An Oyster’. While her discography varies in pace and genre, experimenting with everything from folk-pop to indie-rock, the cohesion comes from her consistently earnest lyricism. ‘Alive’, a deeper cut about falling in love, planted Ellur’s heart firmly on her sleeve, while ‘Yellow Light’, in which she admits that she will “act like a dick and then blame it on [her] northern blood”, proved to be a catchy crowd favourite.

This honesty lended itself particularly well to Ellur’s ability to connect with a crowd. Her stage presence was undeniably strong, dancing without inhibition and addressing us in between songs with a charming blend of humour and sincerity. Towards the end of the evening, she instructed us to raise our arms, breathe deeply and dance freely alongside her before launching into her latest release ‘Disintegrate’, a dynamic track which throws the pressures of people-pleasing out of the window.

Ellur’s hit single ‘God Help Me Now’ was the last of the set to be performed with her full band, packed with the candor, relatability and genuine emotion that came to define the night. She remained onstage with just her acoustic guitar for two final songs – the melancholy ‘Mourning Song’ and ‘Knowing’, a beautifully aching unreleased number – while a sea of phone lights sprung up in the crowd, as if to affirm Ellur’s status as a bright rising star on the indie scene.