Abbie McCarthy's Good Karma Club Presents Supermodel, Saint Clair, Aifric live at Camden Assembly!
Abbie McCarthy is an award-winning broadcaster who has championed artists on the live scene for the last decade. This club night has provided early shows for so many brilliant artists over the years, including the likes of Sam Fender, Olivia Dean & many more.
Catch your new favourite artists performing as part of Abbie McCarthy's Good Karma Club this June!
Supermodel
rules of supermodel*
- don’t try and be “cool”
- steal everything
- all lowercase always
- don’t overthink shit
- always talk about “fight club”
‘the rules are there to stop me from making boring shit. supermodel* has to feel stolen, stupid, instinctive and raw – like it’s breaking it’s own logic. a reminder not to take it too serious and just make the best shit possible. the lowercase thing is just cause it looks better.’
‘i just decided i wasn’t going to compromise anymore. i wasn’t going to hide behind some “cool guy” aesthetic or act like i don’t give a fuck when i obviously do. make the best shit possible and put it in lowercase. that’s supermodel*’
supermodel* is the brainchild of frankie beanie, a virginia-born, los angeles-based artist and producer. raised in suburban virginia, frankie spent his early years thrashing in east coast punk bands before moving to liverpool at 18 to immerse himself in the uk’s indie and dance culture. now based in la, his music is the culmination of a life spent absorbing and synthesizing a world of influences: a love of hip-hop, an obsession with the beastie boys, and an instinctive feel for raw, playful experimentation.
at its core, supermodel* is about instinct, irreverence, and breaking his own rules. “don’t try and be cool. steal everything. don’t overthink. always lowercase,” he says of the project’s ethos. “supermodel* has to feel stolen, stupid, instinctive, and raw—like it’s breaking its own logic.” this rejection of pretense defines his sound and visuals, creating a world that feels as bold and unpredictable as it is meticulously crafted.
since his debut, supermodel* has carved out a distinct identity with a run of genre-blurring singles and striking, reference-rich visuals. from the hypnotic, dance-inflected “i used to live in england”—layered with wry nods to uk culture and set against a playful 16mm homage to fatboy slim—to the warped, confident swagger of “no future,” where beastie boys-inspired production collides with diy visual craft influenced by jamiroquai’s “virtual insanity,” each release has revealed a new facet of his vision.
Saint Clair
London’s newest alternative outfit, Saint Clair - a four-piece blurring the lines between shoegaze and alt-rock. Written for the stage, each song is made to captivate audiences. Moody guitars, introspective lyrics, and a no-frills approach define a band unafraid to leave it all on stage.
Aifric
Aifric is a singer and songwriter from Galway whose music feels driven by something elemental – a kind of creative and emotional exorcism she describes as “holding a ball of fire that wants to be thrown somewhere.”
Raised in the rugged west of Ireland, immersed in the Irish language and a strong storytelling tradition, Aifric’s musical instincts took shape early. She began singing at an Irish-speaking convent school in Dingle, and later lived between a caravan on a dairy farm, a narrowboat in London, and an old grain mill in East Galway.
It was at the mill, that writing became the way she steadied herself. Songwriting that explored the complexities and richness of ordinary life, the beauty and brutality of landscape, the shifting identities of girlhood and adulthood, and a quiet resistance to the noise of modern culture.