Photos and Review by Perry Julien

Suki Waterhouse has spent much of her career moving between worlds… model, actor, songwriter and performer.. and with Loveland, her third album, those different identities seem to be converging into something distinctly her own. Released this summer, the record finds Waterhouse exploring the space between who we have been and who we are becoming, shaped in part by the profound changes of motherhood and an evolving sense of herself as an artist. Working with collaborators including Aaron Dessner, Amy Allen and Mick Fleetwood, she moves through dreamy indie pop, soft rock and ’70s-inflected textures while keeping the intimate, slightly cinematic quality that has become increasingly characteristic of her music.

That world came to greater Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Roxy on September 29 as The Loveland Tour transformed the stage into something between a romantic fantasy and a surreal cabaret: draped curtains, roses, haze and a giant mirrored heart pierced with arrows framing Waterhouse throughout the night. Drawing from Loveland alongside earlier favorites including “Good Looking,” “Johanna” and “OMG,” Waterhouse seemed equally comfortable inhabiting the theatrical spectacle around her and stepping beyond it.