Awesome Wolf Eyes solo poster by Zephyr Pavey!
Thursday 27 July 2017
Pikacyu-Makoto & Teleplasmiste to play our next London show on August 12th!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
PIKACYU-MAKOTO
TELEPLASMISTE
Saturday 12 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401265
PIKACYU-MAKOTO is an alliance between two figureheads of underground Japanese psych/pop, the musically promiscuous Kawabata Makoto (most famous for his leadership of the legendary Acid Mothers Temple), and Afrirampo's Pikacyu. Pikacyu's drums pummel, jitter, crash and stumble, but steadfastly refuse to groove. She layers her voice several times, competing with pitch-shifted versions of herself whilst Makoto attacks his guitar, cloaking himself in reverb to produce a wall-of-sound, alternating between melody and noise. No strangers to one another, the pair have not only gigged together with their respective bands but also recorded together, when these two outfits temporarily fused in 2005 to become Acid Mothers Afrirampo (releasing an album of the same name). Now they have distilled their collaboration, all other players being stripped away to leave the core of Pikacyu's manic drums and pop vocal, and Makoto's schizoid guitar conjurings. Brand new album 'Galaxilympics' is out on Upset The Rhythm on August 4th on LP and CD.
https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/pikacyu-makoto-galaxilympics
TELEPLASMISTE is Mark O Pilkington (Raagnagrok, Urthona) and Michael J York (Coil, Cyclobe). The duo blur vintage synthesis and contemporary electronics with acoustic pipes to create a transcendent reverie that exists on a wavelength beyond both retro fetishism and modern-day machinations. Heavy ambience and otherworldly atmospherics marry here amidst an aura of epiphanic radiance. Previous performances have taken place in churches and crypts, and at Farnborough Wind Tunnel, in which the resonant frequencies of the space were combined with frequencies believed to have certain physiological effects.
https://teleplasmiste.bandcamp.com/
PIKACYU-MAKOTO
TELEPLASMISTE
Saturday 12 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401265
PIKACYU-MAKOTO is an alliance between two figureheads of underground Japanese psych/pop, the musically promiscuous Kawabata Makoto (most famous for his leadership of the legendary Acid Mothers Temple), and Afrirampo's Pikacyu. Pikacyu's drums pummel, jitter, crash and stumble, but steadfastly refuse to groove. She layers her voice several times, competing with pitch-shifted versions of herself whilst Makoto attacks his guitar, cloaking himself in reverb to produce a wall-of-sound, alternating between melody and noise. No strangers to one another, the pair have not only gigged together with their respective bands but also recorded together, when these two outfits temporarily fused in 2005 to become Acid Mothers Afrirampo (releasing an album of the same name). Now they have distilled their collaboration, all other players being stripped away to leave the core of Pikacyu's manic drums and pop vocal, and Makoto's schizoid guitar conjurings. Brand new album 'Galaxilympics' is out on Upset The Rhythm on August 4th on LP and CD.
https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/pikacyu-makoto-galaxilympics
TELEPLASMISTE is Mark O Pilkington (Raagnagrok, Urthona) and Michael J York (Coil, Cyclobe). The duo blur vintage synthesis and contemporary electronics with acoustic pipes to create a transcendent reverie that exists on a wavelength beyond both retro fetishism and modern-day machinations. Heavy ambience and otherworldly atmospherics marry here amidst an aura of epiphanic radiance. Previous performances have taken place in churches and crypts, and at Farnborough Wind Tunnel, in which the resonant frequencies of the space were combined with frequencies believed to have certain physiological effects.
https://teleplasmiste.bandcamp.com/
Third Brixton show announced for Future Islands this November!
Third and final Future Islands Brixton show announced for November 22nd!
Tickets now onsale: http://future-islands.com/?cs-%20event=74572#shows
Monday 24 July 2017
New show announced - Shopping & Gauche!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
SHOPPING
GAUCHE
Friday 10 November
Kamio, 3 Rivington Street , London, EC2A 3JL
8pm - 2am | £9 | http://
SHOPPING are propulsive bass lines, primitive disco-not-disco drums and guitar lines sharp as broken glass. The band was formed in 2012 by members Rachel Aggs (guitar), Billy Easter (bass) and Andrew Milk (drums), who've all done time in a plethora of notable UK DIY bands including Trash Kit and Wet Dog. They pull from a well of 70's post-punk with a voraciousness seldom seen these days, bringing to mind the jagged aggression of Gang of Four, the voracious yelp of The Slits and the dance inducing thrust of Delta 5 . Their debut LP ‘Consumer Complaints’ was released November 2013 in the UK via MILK records and quickly sold out its first pressing. A US re-issue of ‘Consumer Complaints’ came out in 2015 via Fat Cat records, followed up by their excellent second album ‘Why Choose?’ The band are tirelessly committed to taking their sound to new audiences and spreading the Shopping gospel, securing impressive gigs along the way including main support for ESG and Gang Of Four as well as a BBC 6 Music session for Marc Riley. They have toured in the UK and throughout Europe numerous times over the last few years and last year toured the USA with also awesome Gauche, look out for a new album imminently!
https://soundcloud.com/
GAUCHE are made up of Daniele Yandel of Priests and Mary Regalado & Adrienne Berry of Downtown Boys, plus a cast of friends. Gauche bring a funked groove to scratchy, minimal post-punk on their debut Get Away With.... Originally released on cassette via Sister Polygon Records, it is now also available on LP through Danger Records. Taking elements of Young Marble Giants, ESG (who they have played with) and Grass Widow, the DC band inject an explosive energy into songs about fraught relationships, a dependency on technology and social media and unfair working conditions.
https://
Wednesday 19 July 2017
LARAAJI IN LONDON THIS SEPTEMBER!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
LARAAJI
(Performing two sets with
an interval)
Saturday 2 September
The Tin Tabernacle, 12-16 Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, NW6 5BA UK
7pm | £12.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/411331
7pm | £12.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/411331
LARAAJI is a musician, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He began playing music on the streets in the 1970s, improvising trance-inducing jams on a modified autoharp processed through various electronic effects. Brian Eno saw him playing one night in Washington Square Park and invited him to record an album for his seminal Ambient series (Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance, released 1980). Laraaji went on to release a prolific series of albums for a wide variety of labels, many of which he recorded himself at home and sold as cassettes during his street performances.
In recent years he has had his career celebrated extensively, with two
All Saints/Warp retrospectives Celestial Music 1970–2011 and Two Sides of
Laraaji – as well as reissues on Glitterbeat and Leaving Records/Stone
Throw. He has also collaborated with a new generation of underground
musicians such as Sun Araw, their new LP Professional Sunflow (Superior
Viaduct) being the fruit of the live shows they played together in 2014.
This September sees All Saints release a stunning pair of LPs of new studio recordings by the celestial music pioneer. Bring On The Sun is a magical mixtape of tracks that run the full gamut of ‘Laraaji music’, from blissed-out percussive jams to reflective vocal hymnals to trance-inducing drones. A perfect Laraaji entry-point on his never-ending creative journey through inner light. The record is recorded by Davey Jewell (Peaking Lights/Flaming Lips) and mixed by Carlos Niño (Leaving Records). This will be preceded by Sun Gong, a major new self-contained work experimenting with gong micro-tonalties processed through various electronic effects. The results are unlike any music he has made before - two side-long long-form pieces that evoke the sound of a shimmering metallic eternal wave.
This September sees All Saints release a stunning pair of LPs of new studio recordings by the celestial music pioneer. Bring On The Sun is a magical mixtape of tracks that run the full gamut of ‘Laraaji music’, from blissed-out percussive jams to reflective vocal hymnals to trance-inducing drones. A perfect Laraaji entry-point on his never-ending creative journey through inner light. The record is recorded by Davey Jewell (Peaking Lights/Flaming Lips) and mixed by Carlos Niño (Leaving Records). This will be preceded by Sun Gong, a major new self-contained work experimenting with gong micro-tonalties processed through various electronic effects. The results are unlike any music he has made before - two side-long long-form pieces that evoke the sound of a shimmering metallic eternal wave.
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Sheer Mag, TERRY and TV Crime this Thursday in London!
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Morning all!
This Thursday Upset The Rhythm is heading to the Islington Assembly
Hall for the concert of the summer! We have Philadelphia power pop
magnates Sheer Mag performing along with Terry from Melbourne (concluding their grand tour of Europe), plus top Nottingham garage punks TV Crime will open the show.
Tickets cost £10 and are available in advance at the link below or
on the door from 7pm. July is about to get even hotter, hope you can
join us for the party! Full details follow on below.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
SHEER MAG
TERRY
TV CRIME
Thursday 20 July
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £10 | TICKETS
SHEER MAG begins like so many
other celebrated rock 'n roll bands of yore: with two brothers.
Following in the tradition of The Bee Gees, Oasis and The Allman
Brothers, the brothers Seely conspired to create a rock 'n roll band to
end all rock bands. The sheer magnitude of the endeavor required the
recruitment of a daring drummer, a fearless lyricist and a diva who
could party good AND write the rent check. With the pantheon assembled,
MAG quickly recorded and released their debut 7" to cosmic acclaim. The
band now stands poised on the brink of world domination or complete
destruction. Is it Punk? Is it Rock 'n Roll? We'll leave that to the
music 'critics.' But it is punk.
TERRY is getting ready, combing his hair, buttoning his
jacket, turning the key in the door. "I'm doing fine," sings Terry out
loud, he knows. Divide him into four and you get Al Montfort (UV Race,
Total Control, Dick Diver etc.), Amy Hill (Constant Mongrel, School Of
Radiant Living), Xanthe Waite (Primo, Mick Harvey Band) and Zephyr Pavey
(Eastlink, Total Control, Russell Street Bombings). Inevitably, Terry
likes to make a noise. Drums, guitars and all his voices come into play,
making a solid raft for Terry's inner musings to navigate the languid
rapids. This all unravels at its own pace, sometimes drifting into glam
pop and country backwaters, always conducting a conversation with the
commonplace. Love is a highway, but you're not likely to find Terry
there anymore. He's on the plane. Terry saw the light, he put on his
sunhat and is heading to Europe. Debut album, 'Terry HQ' was released
last year by Upset The Rhythm, brand new album ‘Remember Terry’ is due
out June 30th.
TV CRIME are a new garage punk /
power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. Their debut
single 'Hooligans' (out of Satic Shock) is a total stomper of a power
pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7" with The
Moondogs-esque guitar work and the energy of 90's legends New Bomb Turks
or Gaunt. Flip 'Wild One' is another pounder but with a more rock 'n'
roll twist.
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Thanks as always for your time, catch you on Thursday!
Upset The Rhythm
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UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS
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Monday 10 July 2017
Protomartyr London show announced for this November!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
PROTOMARTYR
SAUNA YOUTH
BOMBER JACKETS
Tuesday 14 November
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road,
Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
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. Short songs made for short practices, and
the band learned quickly not to waste time. Despite the cold, Protomartyr
emerged with a sound that is idiosyncratic but relatable, hooky but off-kilter.
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. Post-punk suggests something too retro; indie rock,
something too precious. What Protomartyr is, is "stuck between the
cracks." If that's the case, though, they aren't alone. Protomartyr's
economical rock elicits comparisons to possible antecedents like Pere Ubu or
The Fall as well as local contemporaries like Frustrations or Tyvek (whose
frontman Kevin Boyer played bass in an early iteration of Protomartyr). 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.
This is never more apparent than on the band's recent LP on Hardly Art, 'The
Agent Intellect'. A brand new album entitled ‘Relatives In Descent’ from
Protomartyr is due for release on September 29th through Domino, this show will
be in support of that new record!
SAUNA YOUTH are an evolving band of young future humans making truly irregular punk
not quite comparable to anything else. The band, attracted to the possibilities
apparent within a DIY philosophy have been self-recording and self-releasing
their own music since 2010, creating a number of seven inches, splits and
cassettes. Artistic affinities are pledged to Eddy Current Suppression Ring,
Pissed Jeans and The Intelligence, but as Kurt Cobain once asked "Why
can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?", Sauna Youth consistently
and urgently pose the question, 'Why can't we be both The Ramones and Steve
Reich?'. Sauna Youth's debut album, 'Dreamlands' was released in 2012 through
Gringo Records and Faux Discx, whilst the barn storming ‘Distractions’ album
came out on Upset The Rhythm in 2015. In the first 5 months
of 2017 Sauna Youth wrote and recorded a new album, holing themselves up in a
railway arch in Peckham employing automatic writing techniques, instrument
swapping and sampling the electrical interference constantly present in the
room. They wrote the final instalment of their trilogy based around the
fictional town of 'Distraction' - that has been home to their ideas from the
beginning. Upset The Rhythm will be releasing this record in the foreseeable
future, look out for lots of new songs!
BOMBER JACKETS are a three piece consisting of Russell Walker, Daniel Bolger, and Sian Dorrer. Both
Walker and Bolger will be familiar from the ticklish post-punk of The
Pheromoans, whilst Dorrer has a varied CV with groups such as Plug, and Ravioli
Me Away, and with involvement across London DIY nodes. 'Kudos To The Bomber
Jackets' is the horrifically wry new album from The Bomber Jackets. Following
on from 'Lister,' their debut for Alter, 'Kudos To The Bomber Jackets' has a
restlessness that takes broader strokes. It finds and holds a register of
meandering hope by setting the perverted detail of domestic minutiae against an
acutely self-conscious melancholy that cynically daydreams its way into an
awkward middle-ground between profundity and platitude.
First listen - Robert Sotelo - 'Let's Transcend' video
We're thrilled to be working with Robert Sotelo on his debut album 'Cusp', out September 1st. Noisey have just premiered the first video from the record: Let's Transcend!
'Cusp' by Robert Sotelo is available to pre-order now here!
Friday 7 July 2017
New shows, Independent Label Market and Sheer Mag!
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Morning everyone!
Just a quick message to let you know about the new shows Upset The Rhythm confirmed this week! We’re promoting Wolf Eyes in solo mode at the end of August, we’ve arranged an album launch party for Robert Sotelo this September and last but far from least booked Mount Eerie for two stupendous concerts at St John’s On Bethnal Green this November.
No peace for the wicked. Full details can be found below in our listings section, tickets on sale for all of those from now!
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In other news, tomorrow we’ll also be
pitching up at Spitalfield’s Independent Label Market, selling records,
shirts and sundries from 11am through 6.30pm amongst many other amaxing
labels and breweries. We’ll have most of our back catalogue available to
buy along with lots of new releases and bargains galore. Here's the
stall plot so you can find us near Brushfield Street, come say hello!
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Read on for our full listing on our next concert, falling on July 20th with Sheer Mag, Terry and TV Crime all performing at Islington Assembly Hall.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
SHEER MAG
TERRY
TV CRIME
Thursday 20 July
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £10 | TICKETS
SHEER MAG begins like so many
other celebrated rock 'n roll bands of yore: with two brothers.
Following in the tradition of The Bee Gees, Oasis and The Allman
Brothers, the brothers Seely conspired to create a rock 'n roll band to
end all rock bands. The sheer magnitude of the endeavor required the
recruitment of a daring drummer, a fearless lyricist and a diva who
could party good AND write the rent check. With the pantheon assembled,
MAG quickly recorded and released their debut 7" to cosmic acclaim. The
band now stands poised on the brink of world domination or complete
destruction. Is it Punk? Is it Rock 'n Roll? We'll leave that to the
music 'critics.' But it is punk.
TERRY is getting ready, combing his hair, buttoning his
jacket, turning the key in the door. "I'm doing fine," sings Terry out
loud, he knows. Divide him into four and you get Al Montfort (UV Race,
Total Control, Dick Diver etc.), Amy Hill (Constant Mongrel, School Of
Radiant Living), Xanthe Waite (Primo, Mick Harvey Band) and Zephyr Pavey
(Eastlink, Total Control, Russell Street Bombings). Inevitably, Terry
likes to make a noise. Drums, guitars and all his voices come into play,
making a solid raft for Terry's inner musings to navigate the languid
rapids. This all unravels at its own pace, sometimes drifting into glam
pop and country backwaters, always conducting a conversation with the
commonplace. Love is a highway, but you're not likely to find Terry
there anymore. He's on the plane. Terry saw the light, he put on his
sunhat and is heading to Europe. Debut album, 'Terry HQ' was released
last year by Upset The Rhythm, brand new album ‘Remember Terry’ is due
out June 30th.
TV CRIME are a new garage punk /
power pop band from Nottingham who come fully formed. Their debut
single 'Hooligans' (out of Satic Shock) is a total stomper of a power
pop song that starts like a classic Good Vibrations Records 7" with The
Moondogs-esque guitar work and the energy of 90's legends New Bomb Turks
or Gaunt. Flip 'Wild One' is another pounder but with a more rock 'n'
roll twist.
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See you tomorrow at the market, thanks for reading!
Upset The Rhythm
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UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS
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SHEER MAG
TERRY
TV CRIME
Thursday 20 July
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD
7pm | £10 | TICKETS
PIKACYU-MAKOTO
Saturday 12 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7.50 | TICKETS
SPRAY PAINT
THE REBEL
HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesday 15 August
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
JOHN R. OLSON
NATE YOUNG’S REGRESSION
CRAZY JIM
Thursday 17 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £10 | TICKETS
WARM DIGITS
Friday 25 August
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8 | TICKETS
NAP EYES
H. GRIMACE
GARDEN CENTRE
Thursday 31 August
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £8 | TICKETS
DEERHOOF
LE TON MITÉ
Monday 4 September
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3PQ
7.30pm | £14 | TICKETS
NB. This is the new date for February’s postponed event, original tickets remain valid.
LOWTIDE
Tuesday 5 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £5 | TICKETS
ROBERT SOTELO - ‘Cusp’ album launch!
CLEMENTINE MARCH
POZI
Friday 8 September
New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Manor House, London, N4 1DN
7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
CLEMENTINE MARCH
POZI
Friday 8 September
New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd, Manor House, London, N4 1DN
7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
Monday 9 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
PRIESTS
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Wednesday 18 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, London, N19 5QQ
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
MOUNT EERIE
Monday 13 November
Tuesday 14 November
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7.30pm | £15 | TICKETS
Monday 13 November
Tuesday 14 November
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7.30pm | £15 | TICKETS
FUTURE ISLANDS
Monday 20 November - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 21 November
In collaboration with Parallel Lines
O2 Academy Brixton, 211 Stockwell Rd, Brixton, London SW9 9SL
7pm | TICKETS
Thursday 6 July 2017
UTR and the ILM this Saturday! Abbreviate that!
Hey there! Upset The Rhythm are taking part in this Saturday's Independent Label Market at Spitalfields market. Here's the stall plot so you can find us near Brushfield Street, so many records for you! Come say hello!
MOUNT EERIE IN LONDON THIS NOVEMBER!
Been a long time coming, Phil back in London, going to a special one!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
MOUNT EERIE
Monday 13 November
Tuesday 14 November
St John on Bethnal Green,
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7.30pm | £15 | Tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 10am!
Available here: http://www.wegottickets.com/upset-the-rhythm-presents-mount-eerie
Available here: http://www.wegottickets.com/upset-the-rhythm-presents-mount-eerie
MOUNT EERIE is the current project of Phil Elverum. In high school in Anacortes Washington in 1996 Elverum started calling his tapes of self-recorded noise and songs “The Microphones”. Since then he’s produced two decades worth of records that span a wide spectrum from studio heavy atmospheric landscaping to simple raw songs. The Microphones project was nourished by and located within the community of artists around K Records in Olympia in the late 90s/early 2000s, and Phil Elverum’s musical ideas were clearly the product of the flood of independent music in the NW during those years.
After five albums the project was renamed Mount Eerie just as the Microphones were getting some unexpected attention from the widespread acclaim of “the Glow pt. 2” (2001). The Mount Eerie recordings got weirder and broader, and Elverum left K Records and began releasing everything himself, ultimately building a self-contained small town operation in Anacortes called P.W. Elverum & Sun. Radical self-sufficiency has been a theme and obsession; all all ages shows and never though a manager or booking agent, always self-recorded, hands on in all details. Mount Eerie’s albums have always aimed to push into new territory, both in sound and idea, but the thread of Elverum’s voice has remained constant throughout, soft and human amid the wide range of textures and worlds. Often the lyrics have attempted to grapple with big questions, the briefness and the smallness of human life being a running theme. On occasion the music has been called “black metal” (Wind’s Poem, 2009), “dream landscape” (Clear Moon, 2012), and “raw and direct” (Lost Wisdom, 2008).
The new album, “A Crow Looked At Me”, sounds closer to the latter; minimal instrumentation, no production, clear and heavy words right up front. The difference here is the subject matter. In 2015 Elverum’s wife, the French Canadian cartoonist and musician Geneviève Castrée, was diagnosed with a bad cancer just after giving birth to their first child. She died a year later. Elverum wrote and recored the album throughout the fall of 2016 in the same room where Geneviève died, using mostly her instruments; her guitar, her bass, her pick, her amp, her old family accordion, writing the words on her paper. The songs are about the brutal details of that experience, from the hospitalizations to the grieving, the specific domestic banalities that become existential in the context of such huge and abrupt loss. These songs are not fun. They are pretty and they are deep, and they find a love that prevails beneath the overwhelming and real sorrow. It is unlike anything else in the Mount Eerie catalog in its unvarnished expressions of personal grief, metaphor-free.
http://www.pwelverumandsun.com/
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Excited to announce the album launch party for Robert Sotelo!
ROBERT SOTELO - ‘Cusp’ album launch!
CLEMENTINE MARCH
POZI
Friday 8 September
New River Studios, 199 Eade Rd,
Manor House, London, N4 1DN
7.30pm | £5.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/410124
ROBERT SOTELO is the nom de plume of Andrew Doig, a 36 year old
serial musician originally from Peterborough, UK. Andrew’s middle name is
Robert, whilst Sotelo is his mother’s maiden name. Using this alter ego he’s
been able to write and record the twelve songs that make up his debut solo
record ‘Cusp’ (released on September 1st though Upset The Rhythm). Sotelo plays
every instrument on the album and recorded and edited it with long term friend
John Hannon throughout 2016 at No Studios in Rayleigh, Essex. Sotelo’s verdant
world of sound is at once intimate, choosing to build songs up from ambitious
layers of instrumentation into miniature psych pop overtures of genuine
sincerity of feeling. Very much grounded in that particular forward-facing
strain of mid-60s rock that edged towards Sgt Pepper, Sotelo’s music owes as much
to Davies and McCartney’s unashamed belief in melody as it does to the
uncertainty and confusion that comes with mid-thirties existentialism. ‘Cusp’
is an album that explores the individual in a post-social life era, with Sotelo
starting the project initially as an attempt to re-engage with the people he
used to know, without relying on nostalgia as a common bond. From this worthy
spark of a plan, he’s created something grand and compelling, a vast tapestry
of songs that stand up and sound afresh.
CLEMENTINE MARCH was born in France, and musically trained in Brazil, now as a Londoner she
writes songs and instrumentals that cross language and genre borders, mashing
raw rock sounds, pastoral pop compositions and Brazilian influences with her
experience of playing with, to name a few excellent co-conspirators, Snapped
Ankles, Julien Gasc, Mega Bog, Pollyanna Valentine, and her own previous band,
Water Babies.
POZI are
a new London-based trio and brainchild of Toby Burroughs formerly of Totem
(Moshi Moshi Records). Synth-like electric violin weaves through rampant drums
and stomping bass, filling your headspace with sparse, angular energy. Their
unique world will hypnotize you - it can be manic, fun and unnerving but will
get you moving!
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Wolf Eyes SOLO show planned for August 17th in London!
Upset The Rhythm presents Wolf Eyes in solo mode featuring sets from…
JOHN R. OLSON
NATE YOUNG’S REGRESSION
CRAZY JIM
Thursday 17 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/409977
JOHN R. OLSON aka Inzane Johnny of Wolf Eyes and American Tapes will be treating us to a solo slice from his mind platter, featuring reeds and modulations galore. As a part of Wolf Eyes, Olson is responsible for augmenting the USA's longest-running homemade, primitive, electronic, poetry & radical vibes trio. They don't just release albums they launch scotched, taped nuclear audio fronts on humanity. Earlier this year saw them release their new album ‘Undertow’ packed full of what Olson does best; unnerving dread meets genuine freedom vibes that shiver their way through the dark ambience of it all.
http://www.wolfeyes.net/main.html
REGRESSION is the solo project of Nate Young, a founding member of seminal Detroit noise band Wolf Eyes. More recently he's been honing an equally distinctive solo sound that blends myriad sources from musique concrète, vintage film atmospherics, layered synths and archive library recordings into something thrillingly intense. Summoning up crushingly ominous crepuscular soundscapes and synth-washed phantasmagoria, Young undercuts the brutalism of Wolf Eyes with the kind of ambient dread that conjures images of lost horror soundtracks from the 70's. Minimal analogue synth violence is punctuated by thunder cracks of metal percussion ala the early Akita/Null Merzbow duets, massively doomy beat hypnotics and an atmosphere that's somewhere between the most apocalyptic Throbbing Gristle recordings, Coil's Musick To Play In The Dark, The Conet Project and your favourite Kraut kosmonaut. Young's most recent album 'Blinding Confusion' (out on NNA Tapes) has the feel of a kind of post-synth electro-acoustic ritual, albeit tied-in with a visionary compositional aesthetic that is a couple of miles beyond your average weird-beard in a basement non-vibe.
https://soundcloud.com/nate-young
CRAZY JIM aka James ‘Crazy Jim’ Baljo, is proof that not every side-project of Wolf Eyes results in noise. Veering towards the sweet and ambient, Crazy Jim uses only guitars to build huge waves of tonic abstraction. Nate Young credits Crazy Jim as "the first person to coin the term INZANE and plays and lives accordingly", look out for some sweet folk-tuned bliss and tape delay guitar gloop.
https://soundcloud.com/inzaneazylum
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