A Void: Wharf Chambers, Leeds

A Void | Mango In Euphoria | Hit List
Wharf Chambers, Leeds
19th June 2026

A little piece of France travelled up from London to play Wharf Chambers in Leeds. Neil Chapman went along, after a furious search for his lifetime membership card, to the inclusive community-focused venue to check it out.

First up was Hit List, whose simple bio, “We Make Noise. Leeds”, is a perfect summary of their style. The four-piece from Leeds lived up to their bio by ripping through a short set pulled from their Human Cereal EP. The band did exactly as advertised and made noise. It’s a tight punk rock–infused sound with paired vocals delivered alongside drums and guitar. There was enough in this set to suggest catching them again for more noise in Leeds.

Mango Starseed is a force of nature. Before her band’s set, she strode out into the beer garden and ushered those seeking some respite from the venue’s heat back inside. There was no arguing, and the gig-goers followed her into the darkened room. She took to the stage and proceeded to rip through a delicious set of dark disco beats, edgy guitars, and synth soundscapes.

Mango In Euphoria are a glamorous five-piece all-girl band and provides a great backdrop to Mango’s performance. She demands attention as she wraps herself around the mic stand to deliver her seductively dangerous songs. Champagne Problems opens proceedings and has the audience grooving along to the beat as Mango delivers staccato lyrics. The electronics kick in with the arrival of Can’t Be Cured. These openers encapsulate the Mango In Euphoria sound, which veers from punky edge to banging dance-fuelled dark pop. The latest single Arm Candy is a stand-out moment, with her spoken French vocal passages oozing sass and class in equal measure.

The set is a brisk seven songs but she is all action. Mango treats the stage like a canvas, painting it with her poses to create far-from-still-life portraits. She relentlessly works the room, stepping down from the stage to sing with the audience, eventually ending the set singing to the stars as she lies on the floor. She did nothing to cool the room down and left the crowd well past warmed up for the headliner.

A Void have a fearsome live reputation, with Camille Alexander (vocals and guitar) leading from the front. A series of changes sees her as the only member of the band left from their last show in Leeds. The new “temporary” line-up adds Lauren Maddison on bass and Maeve Westall on drums. On tonight’s performance, this would work perfectly well as a more permanent group. Camille talked about Maeve’s contribution to the somewhat delayed third album, with reworked drums leading to re-recordings of new songs. The live show saw Maeve holding down rock-steady beats despite a less-than-rock-steady drum kit that kept her busy between songs. Lauren joined in the action with booming bass lines and lunging moves into the crowd throughout. It’s a solid line-up.

The icing on the cake of A Void will always be Camille. Tonight she has chosen to take to the stage in a leopard skin three-piece outfit. The leggings, boob tube and jacket combo look very chic. The look is completed with bright multi-coloured trainers with lights in the heels, which she admitted to being delighted with. This triumph of fashion over comfort only lasts two songs and the jacket is discarded due to overheating issues.

The set does nothing to cool Wharf Chambers down. It’s a mash-up of singles and tracks pulled from the first two albums for a 12-song set. It flies by, with One Of A Kind, Sick As A Dog and Newspapers surrounding the latest single Fish In Your Pocket. This latter song is hopefully an indication of what is to come from the new album. It is a riot of sounds, with relaxed verses and a metalesque chorus showing Camille’s vocal range from squeals to guttural grunts.

Between songs, there is plenty of entertainment, with Camille and Maeve dealing with complex issues such as bass player relationship troubles and fines for misdescribing trans women. Camille implores everyone to use their voices to rally against the many injustices in the world. There’s an invitation to go visit the merch stand so they can afford to get home and reduce the weight in the van. She offers chats, photos or anything (before hastily clarifying that “anything” doesn’t extend too far).

The set closes with Stepping On Snails and sees both Camille and Lauren launch themselves into the crowd for much of the song. They bounce along throughout most of the track with the crowd happily joining in. They make it back to the stage just in time for Camille to throw herself to the floor and complete the song, doing the dying fly. Fortunately, she didn’t dive onto the drum kit, as it may have led to its final demise.  This was a fabulous French double header.  Let us hope it’s not as long before we see Mango In Eurphoria and A Void back in Leeds.

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Neil Chapman is a photographer and occasional writer based in Leeds.  His assorted works can be found at his Unholy Racket site as well as Instagram, and Facebook