Sabrina Teitelbaum — better known as Blondshell — has built her reputation on raw honesty and songs that cut deep, and at the first of two back-to-back nights at Electric Brixton, she proved that her upward trajectory is far from slowing. With her sophomore record If You Asked For A Picture released earlier this year to glowing acclaim, this set wasn’t about leaning on her debut breakthrough but about establishing her new material as the spine of her live show. Eight songs from that record made the cut, alongside six staples from her 2023 self-titled debut, a brand-new track in Berlin TV Tower, and a curveball cover in Addison Rae’s Diet Pepsi.
Blondshell @ Electric Brixton
The night opened with 23’s A Baby — sharp, sardonic, and urgent — immediately signalling that If You Asked For A Picture would form the heart of the show. Toy and Docket (a non-album track that fans treated like an old favourite) kept the energy taut, before the darker weight of Sepsis reminded everyone of the emotional punch still lurking in her debut. Ahead of the latter, Teitelbaum addressed the crowd for the first time: “I love when we come here. I love when we get to see you guys. You guys are actually the real ones for coming out tonight … in specific,” she said, alluding to the standstill London has endured during this week’s tube strikes. “So, I’m really happy you’re here, I’m really happy we’re here, it’s good to see you.”
From there, the interplay between her two records became the real story of the night. What’s Fair and Arms showcased the biting intimacy of her 2025 work, while crunchy Veronica Mars sent the room into cathartic singalong, proving that the raw power of her debut hasn’t dimmed. When she introduced T&A with a mischievous smirk — “I’m gonna play you a song about Tits and Ass” — the room erupted, the crowd already attuned to her ability to blend humour, defiance, and vulnerability in one breath.
One of the most striking moments came with Berlin TV Tower, introduced simply as “a new song” before its slow-burn melody and soaring chorus unfolded. The audience quieted almost instantly, leaning in to absorb the unfamiliar, proof of the trust Blondshell commands on stage. Her take on Thumbtack was another highlight: a delicate, acoustic guitar-driven tune on record, it was elevated live by a vocal delivery that soared and stretched, reaching emotional peaks that surpassed its studio version.
The middle stretch proved her range: Change’s bristling urgency, Olympus’s brooding intensity, and the driving energy of Tarmac sat perfectly alongside a smouldering Diet Pepsi cover, which transformed Addison Rae’s breezy pop into a jagged, yearning rocker.
The closing sequence was breathtaking. Kiss City offered a bruised tenderness that hushed the venue before the encore roared back to life: Event Of A Fire shook Electric Brixton with apocalyptic grandeur, and Salad closed the night with snarling guitars, primal vocals, and a crowd screaming every word.
This first Brixton night didn’t just underline the strength of If You Asked For A Picture; it showed how seamlessly Teitelbaum can weave its songs into the identity she established with her debut. The mix of old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, serious and playful, built a show that felt both deeply personal and universally cathartic. If night one was anything to go by, Blondshell’s second evening at Electric Brixton was set to be just as incendiary.
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Blondshell @ Electric Brixton (Kalpesh Patel)
Blondshell @ Electric Brixton
Live review & photography of Blondshell @ Electric Brixon by Kalpesh Patel on 11th September 2025.
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