Welcome to Fingersnap

A creative coupling of artist David McAlmont and musical tour de force Guy Davies

Fingersnap - David McAlmont and Guy Davies - perform a special evening of songs at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Thursday and The Forge, Basingstoke, on Friday.
David McAlmont has been called ‘one of the great British singers' by Mojo. From his success with Bernard Butler and David Arnold, it was only a matter of time before a new and equally inspiring collaboration was formed. Welcome to Fingersnap!
Fingersnap is the creative coupling of artist David McAlmont and musical tour de force Guy Davies. They originally met back in 1997 but it was not until recently that they finally to work together.
Speaking of the formation of Fingersnap, David says: “Early last year Guy and I went to Ireland to write and play some gigs. The writing that emerged was tougher, starker and more conscious than anything I'd done before and it felt like a new statement, a new band. It felt like the new material would perfectly book-end the last 20 years of the ‘McAlmont Thing' so we decided that it should be called something new; after much deliberation, we finally settled on Fingersnap!”.
Guy Davies adds: “We took an objective look at what we were playing live since we got back together in summer 2010 and realized we wanted to inject tempo, attitude and a general ‘up-ness' to the proceedings. This in turn revealed a more soulful attitude in David's vocal execution and also enabled us to wig-out as a band”.
For more information or for tickets, visit www.arlingtonarts.co.uk or www.anvilarts.org.uk.