Protomartyr in London next April!

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

PROTOMARTYR
TRAAMS
RATTLE
Saturday 16 April
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper St, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £17 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/I78d1a3906de 

(Tickets on sale from 10am Fri 3rd Dec)

PROTOMARTYR play a taut, austere rock that's been incubated in a freezing Detroit warehouse littered with beer cans and cigarette butts and warmed occasionally by space heaters. With respect to the local predecessors, this isn't the primitive stomp of The Dirtbombs or The Stooges' greasy roar. Punk works, kind of, even if it leaves the hardcore kids confused. Protomartyr's economical rock elicits comparisons to possible antecedents like Pere Ubu or The Fall as well as local contemporaries like Frustrations or Tyvek. Singer Joe Casey's dry declarative snarl serves as a reliable anchor, granting his bandmates (guitarist Greg Ahee, drummer Alex Leonard and bassist Scott Davidson) the opportunity to explore textures and reinforce the rhythm section.

Next April sees Protomartyr finally touring the UK in support of their 2020 album ‘Ultimate Success Today’! The group’s epic fifth album moves like a river, with waves of sound that are quiet, loud, empty, full, but flowing together and shaping itself around the words. To see these songs performed live finally will be a cathartic release, this is what we’ve been waiting for!
http://www.protomartyrband.com/ 

TRAAMS formed in late 2011 via their shared love of groups like Television, Battles, The Stooges, Can & Women. Having released EP Ladders & LP Grin via FatCat Records in 2013 they saw through the year playing shows with bands such as Wire, Fidlar, Parquet Courts, & Temples. 2014 saw TRAAMS support Drenge on a sold out UK tour, before venturing to the states for SXSW and releasing the Cissa EP. 2021 witnessed Traams release ‘4-songs’ (FatCat), a collection of some of their stand alone tracks plus the never before released ‘Karma Kat’. TRAAMS' music is a distinct form of post-punk leaning Krautrock that is in equal parts catchy and hypnotic.
https://traams.bandcamp.com/  

RATTLE are a Nottingham based duo who focus almost exclusively on drums and more drums, beneath a delicate overlay of vocal harmonies and percussive effects. Formed by Katharine Eira Brown (also of Kogumaza) and Theresa Wrigley (also of Fists), Rattle began as an experiment in crafting rich songs and melody using drums and voice alone. Their music weaves and intertwines post-punk, minimalism and experimental rock, through off-kilter rhythms, patterns and counter melodies. Rattle effortlessly blend the avant-garde with irresistible melodies and hypnotic drum beats, using rhythm and harmony to create a refreshing sound that is utterly new - a pretty rare feat these days when we're saturated with so much music. Rattle's impressive ‘Sequence’ album came out recently through Upset The Rhythm.
https://rattleon.bandcamp.com/