Warmduscher at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’, ‘MUTATIONS FESTIVAL’ – BRIGHTON 4.11.22 (DAY TWO)
The 850 capability ‘Mutations Festival‘ is dropped at us by FORM and One Inch Badge and they’re making use of 8 Brighton music venues throughout the 4 days. The earlier festivals have been in 2015, 2019 and 2021 and hopefully can be an annual affair within the gig goers calendar. It’s truthful to liken Mutations to a compact model of The Great Escape, as each occasions function thrilling up-and-coming artists, for these punters which might be hungry to uncover the unknown and the sudden. There are round 75 acts to select from and people chosen to play are an excellent snapshot of the buoyant music business.
Immediately is Day Two ‘The Friday’ and takes in 22 dwell music performances unfold throughout 4 Brighton Grassroots Music Venues, these being Chalk, Patterns, Latest Music Bar and The Hope & Ruin.
Listed here are the acts that we witnessed at the moment………………..
Bare Lungs at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
NAKED LUNGS 3:20-3:50 The Hope & Break
Naked Lungs are a 4 piece from Dublin comprising Tom Brady on vocals, Ryan Mortell on bass, Andrew Connaughton on guitar, and Matt Pyper on drums. They’re accountable for some very visceral noise rock. Mortell and Connaughton are clearly influenced by their compatriots Gilla Band when it comes to their enjoying type. Certainly, there isn’t actually that a lot in the way in which of typical enjoying, particularly so within the tune ‘Relentless’.
Bare Lungs at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
At one level throughout The Hope & Ruin live performance Brady will get his foot trapped in his mic lead. He manages to extricate himself while holding singing. Debut single ‘Database’ is quicker than the remainder of the set. All in all they’re an exhilarating dwell band. Definitely price watching out for.
Bare Lungs at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Bare Lungs:
Tom Brady – vocals
Ryan Mortell – bass
Andrew Connaughton – guitar
Matt Pyper – drums
(Mark Kelly)
Yabba at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
YABBA 4:20-4:40 Newest Music Bar
Scottish newcomers YABBA introduced their punk dance music to the Latest Music Bar. From Dumfries, YABBA are a 5 piece band whose music relies round heavy drum beats from Max Thomson and bass synth sounds from Nick Farrell. Fronting the band is Josh Kirk, who has an offended vocal supply with beneficiant use of the echo impact. The road-up is accomplished by guitarists Korey Patterson and Elias Muusavi.
Yabba at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
YABBA launched straight into their set with ‘Large Joint Skins’, adopted by their debut single ‘Get By’ each delivered at velocity. Amid the darkish bass synth and quick guitars, at occasions, a few of Max’s drumming had hints of Candy and T Rex. All through the set, singer Josh paced the stage trying very edgy, which matched his singing. As a distinction there was one barely slower tune mid set, after which singer Josh noticed “That was a bit unhappy. Let’s ramp it again up.”, which is precisely what they did. What the set could have lacked in selection, it greater than made up for in power and anger. The total paced set went down nicely with the packed Newest Music Bar crowd. The requires “yet one more tune” did get an encore (uncommon for a competition with so many bands enjoying one after the opposite). Not solely have been YABBA buzzing throughout their set, by the top so was the very appreciative crowd.
Yabba at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Yabba:
Josh Kirk – vocals
Korey Patterson – guitar
Elias Muusavi – guitar
Max Thomson – drums
Nick Farrell – synth
(Peter Greenfield)
Ghum at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
GHUM 4:40-5:10 Patterns
Ghum are London primarily based and comprise Laura Guerrero on vocals, Marina MJ on bass, Jojo Khor on guitar, and Vicki Ann on drums. Their debut album ‘Bitter’ was launched in June this 12 months. Their music may be very atmospheric, with clear Pleasure Division and New Order influences. The band are backlit for many of their first tune ‘California’, however this appears to be accidentally moderately than design, because the spotlights come on about three-quarters of the way in which via the tune. Second tune ‘Some Folks’ is way punchier than the primary: a bit like Hooky and co on velocity.
Ghum at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
Guitarist Jojo steadily makes use of suggestions. She could not like me saying this, however her enjoying type is similar to The Edge from U2 through the early Nineteen Eighties. She’s equally incisive. Jojo has a double coil pickup on the bridge finish of her Stratocaster. Because the proprietor of a normal Stratocaster, I’m a tad jealous. Vocalist Laura is Spanish, and the tune ‘Perro’ (which is Spanish for “canine”) is all in Spanish. Laura places her hand within the air at one level and unintentionally wallops one of many stage lights. Possibly she’s used to enjoying larger levels…. Closing tune ‘Saturn’ is the quickest of the entire set. Ghum are an excellent dwell band, they usually’re enjoying at Hackney Oslo on twenty ninth November. Verify ‘em out.
Ghum at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
Ghum:
Laura Guerrero – vocals
Marina MJ – bass
Jojo Khor – guitar
Vicki Ann – drums
(Mark Kelly)
Lambrini Women at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
LAMBRINI GIRLS 5:00-5:30 Newest Music Bar
There was an actual sense of anticipation in a packed Latest Music Bar for Brighton three piece Lambrini Girls. Lambrini Women are Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar), Catt Jack (drums), and latest member Lilly Ava-Adore (bass), who mix the riot grrrl supply of the likes of Bikini Kill with their very own tongue in cheek type. Delivering quick tempo music with a way of enjoyable, through which they seem to not take themselves too severely, Lambrini Women have a very good following on the Brighton dwell music scene.
Lambrini Women at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
They opened their set with a pounding virtually rockabilly drum beat from Catt and Phoebe asserting “We love fairly ladies and also you’re f*cking welcome”. Gender politics and sexual identification function prominently within the Lambrini Women’ lyrics and the band’s complete character. Whereas some singers depart it till later within the set earlier than going into the viewers, Phoebe wasn’t ready. She was off stage and onto the bar throughout the first tune ‘F*ck Myself’. Phoebe appeared to spend as a lot time within the crowd as on stage. Viewers participation featured strongly in Lambrini Women’ efficiency at Mutations, with Pheobe looking for out “homosexual legends” within the crowd. Midway in, water and beer have been handed on stage for the band. Phoebe, who by this level had already stripped off her gown, merely poured the beer over herself, beginning a playful drinks combat among the many band. After efficiently pleading with the venue employees for an additional tune, Lambrini Women performed the decision and response crowd favorite ‘Craig David’ to finish their very energetic entertaining set.
Lambrini Women at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Lambrini Women:
Phoebe Lunny – vocals, guitar
Lilly Ava-Adore – bass, vocals
Catt Jack – drums
(Peter Greenfield)
Highschool at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
HIGHSCHOOL 5:20-5:50 Chalk
Highschool are from Melbourne, Australia, however are actually London primarily based. The core band consists of Rory Trobbiani on vocals and guitar, Luke Scott on bass, and Lilli Trobbiani on keyboards. Since transferring to London they’ve acquired a second guitarist and a drummer. I’d heard some actually good issues about them, however I need to confess I’m barely upset. They’re clearly very a lot in thrall to the Nineteen Eighties, particularly New Order’s output from that period. Though Rory Trobbiani is a much more fluent guitarist than Bernard Sumner ever was.
Highschool at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Nevertheless, there’s a distinction between being influenced by a musical period or style and aping it. Sadly Highschool fall on the aping facet of the divide. Luke Scott even wears his bass up excessive as if he was in Spandau Ballet or related circa 1980. That is all moderately a disgrace as their enjoying is nice, if their materials is slightly by-product. Slightly extra creativeness must be utilized methinks.
Highschool at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Highschool:
Rory Trobbiani – vocals, guitar
Luke Scott – bass
Lilli Trobbiani – keyboards
(Mark Kelly)
Opus Kink at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Fiona Walker)
OPUS KINK 5:50-6:20 Newest Music Bar
Opus Kink are Brighton boys and happy with it. The six-piece obtained it collectively in late 2017 with a want to marry groove-based, jazz-inspired rhythms to an apocalyptic narrative. Clashing guitars, dancing keys and highly effective horns sit on high of a formidable rhythm part offering a panorama for a bizarre lyrical journey. They’ve simply dropped their seven tune mini-LP ‘’Til The Stream Runs Dry’ through Good Swan Data.
Opus Kink at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Peter Smales)
The Jazz-punk sextet provide up highly effective jaunty brass sounds within the completely rammed (one out one in) Latest Music Bar They get the packed crowd riled up with their driving bass traces that may shake via your core and vocals which might be each lyrically dense but in addition delivered in a fast punchy succession. The instrumental parts of the set are when the jazz in jazz-punk actually comes out and when essentially the most musically dense parts are unleashed. These moments are aided by the keys and rhythmic gifted drums working in unison and the gang have been actually bopping alongside inside their confined areas, particularly the left hand facet of the room as you face the stage. I sadly was squished towards the rear wall and couldn’t benefit from the set as a lot as I ought to have, and thus I would like to offer them one other go to correctly resolve if I like them or not.
Opus Kink at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic David McMaster)
Opus Kink:
Angus Rogers – guitar, lead vocals
Sam Abbo – bass
Jazz Pope – keys
Jed Morgans – saxophone
Johnny Giles – trumpet
Fin Abbo – drums
(Nick Linazasoro)
Bodega at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
BODEGA 6:15-7:00 Chalk
I’m in Chalk to catch New York artwork rockers BODEGA. I loved their current album ‘Damaged Tools’ and was very a lot trying ahead to seeing them. I’m not upset. Beginning with a gaggle be part of palms, they launch right into a bouncy set that’s each artily cool and groovily enjoyable . Home left on guitar and lead vocals, songwriter and filmmaker Ben Hozie seems severe, whereas his collaborator in each ventures, Nikki Belifiglio is contrastingly animated, combining a retro kookiness with hyper-sassy posing. There’s loads of stick pointing and eye contact amongst her freaky dancing, as she kilos a hi-hat and works a management floor in between vocal duties. The remainder of the drums are supplied by a rise up equipment. The drummer, probably a dep, seems like he’s having fun with himself, his lengthy hair flying round as he kilos the toms. The bassist has the chiselled look of a younger Iggy Pop, while crazy-legged guitarist Dan gives the look of a snake-hipped variant of Andy Warhol. His enjoying is a beautiful vary of latest wave clipped trebly sounds, from angular to uneven to wailing synthy howl. He manages to bop vigorously while trying effortlessly stylish too, no imply feat.
Bodega at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
The music begins off nice and simply will get higher. If you have to think about it, attempt a mix of Speaking Heads, The B52s, and The Velvet Underground, then make it sooner. There’s an apparent cinematic hyperlink to the insistent clang of ‘Jack In Titanic’, and an intense urgency to ‘No Vanguard Revival’. ‘Thrown’ is completely chic, with a naggingly catchy backing vocal, and an irresistible throb and twang that has the gang bouncing enthusiastically. I’m dancing like a lunatic. Nikki takes the lead vocal for a very brisk romp via ‘Statuette On The Console’, and ‘Doers’ is one other standout quantity with its triumphant chant: “This metropolis’s made for the doers, the movers, the shakers…” Hell, yeah! A most satisfying set.
Bodega at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
BODEGA:
Ben Hozie – vocals, guitar
Nikki Belfiglio – vocals, percussion
Dan Ryan – guitar, vocals
Adam See – bass
(Richie Good)
Pozi at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
POZI 6:50-7:20 Newest Music Bar
POZI are an uncommon publish punk trio from south London who aren’t afraid to embrace the avant-garde and defy conference. This guitarless trio of drums, bass and violin have over the previous 4 years adopted Nu-wave considering to develop their sonic palette past run of the mill, and it’s one in all many issues that helps separate them from different bands. Again within the day, I’m positive that POZI would have been requested by John Walters to file a John Peel Session for BBC Radio 1. They dropped their debut album ‘PZ1’ again in 2019 and their newest tune ‘Barely Shaking Cells’ was launched 1st November. I had seen this trio again in Might at The Great Escape at Revenge and the venue’s sound was really pants. Again then, I promised myself that I wanted to see POZI once more, to actually hear what they sound like. Immediately is that day.
Pozi at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
The basement of the Latest Music Bar is packed and deservedly so. The trio take to the hardly raised stage. Rosa Brook, who’s all mic’d up, places her violin via a powerful array of pedals. Toby is seated behind the Gretsch drums and offers with programming and is arguably their lead vocalist. Tom Jones (not that one!) is caring for bass and vocals. All three members of the band share lead vocals, however the actual star of the present is Rosa, whose violin enjoying is, fairly actually, electrical. She can be very cellular onstage, whirling like a dervish and sounding like Devil’s violinist. Fortunately the publish punk sound is miles higher than my earlier encounter. The hip shaking tunes with a drum-cymbal-drum-cymbal beat preserve flowing properly. The violin was plucked by Rosa’s finger at occasions, which gave an echo impact which added to their sound. Lead tune from their ‘176’ EP with Rosa on vocals was a set spotlight, and newest launch ‘Barely Shaking Selves’ clearly obtained performed as nicely. It was an absorbing set.
Pozi at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Charlotte Horton)
Pozi:
Toby Burroughs – drums, programming, vocals
Tom Jones – bass, vocals
Rosa Brook – violin, vocals, cowbell
(Nick Linazasoro)
Crows at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
CROWS 7:20-8:00 Patterns
Once I beforehand noticed Crows at ‘Rockaway Seaside’ competition in January this 12 months, I used to be considerably underwhelmed. I simply had the sensation that I’d seen all this earlier than. I might respect that they have been a very good band, however there was one way or the other one thing lacking. I felt that they deserved a re-assessment, and the ‘Mutations Competition’ gave me a chief alternative.
Crows at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
From the off Crows have been far much less formulaic than I remembered. Vocalist James Cox sometimes makes use of a Thirties type mic that makes him sound oddly like John Lydon. Cox is a frontman to the facility of ten. To say that he’s in your face doesn’t even start to explain his onstage persona. He offers an entire new that means to ‘up shut and private’. He makes a number of forays into the viewers and continues singing while becoming a member of within the moshpit. The efficiency at the moment is much extra energised than at ‘Rockaway Seaside’. Presumably it’s because since then they’ve launched a brand new album: ‘Beware Believers’. They’ve fully modified the opinion I had of them beforehand. This was an electrifying efficiency bolstered by high notch materials. Good one.
Crows at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Crows:
James Cox – vocals
Steve Goddard – guitar
Jith Amarasinghe – bass
Sam Lister – drums
(Mark Kelly)
Warmduscher at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
WARMDUSCHER 7:40-8:30 Chalk
Warmduscher are a band I’ve been eager to see for ages, and I lastly get the prospect to catch them in Chalk. The place is completely buzzing as they take the stage clad in white boiler fits emblazoned with the band’s emblem. Vocalist Clams Baker Jr (all of them have foolish stage names) sports activities a white tracksuit and a baseball cap. His jacket is shortly discarded because the band launches right into a blistering set. There’s a connection to Fats White Household: Lias and Saul have been earlier members, and Adam J Harmer is the present guitarist, identified right here as Quicksand. You may think it could all be a bit chaotic, however this outfit are lethal severe, and bang-on tight. The music is a mighty wall of sound: a roaring chug of post-punk, melded with a little bit of psych, funk and 80s electronica. The vocals are a drawling rap in an American accent that jogs my memory of Huey from The Enjoyable Lovin’ Criminals. Personally, I’d just like the voice barely larger within the combine, however the thundering total sound has obtained the packed crowd dancing energetically from the off.
Warmduscher at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
The sleazy disco bounce of ‘Midnight Dipper’ is especially spectacular, punctuated with jarring rhythmic stabs. Clams has a vocal results unit on his mic stand that generates some freaky noises. The bassist, Mr Salt Fingers Lovecraft, has a beautiful clipped funky groove, and I’m fairly mesmerised watching him play. Quicksand lurches round like a demented twiglet, and the bearded longhair on drums batters the equipment in an ecstatic frenzy. Child Whispers seems barely nervous, however deftly fills the soundscape with retro synth squawks. The set will get higher and higher: freaky, dancy and trippy. ‘Disco Peanuts’ is great: Mr Salt Fingers alternating fingerstyle snap and pop with plectrum chug. Clams is down on the crash barrier, getting up shut with the entrance row. The twangily funky ‘Standing On The Nook’ is whole pleasure, and the insistent riffing of ‘I Acquired Buddies’ is an excellent conclusion to a high quality efficiency. They actually have made some associates tonight.
Warmduscher at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Warmduscher:
Clams Baker Jr (Craig Louis Higgins Jr) – vocals
Lightnin’ Jack Everett – drums
Quicksand (Adam J Harmer) – guitar
Mr Salt Fingers Lovecraft (Ben Romans- Hopcraft) – bass
Child Whispers (Marley Mackey) – keyboards
(Richie Good)
Coupdekat at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
COUPDEKAT 7:45-8:15 Komedia Studio (non ‘Mutations’ occasion)
You understand how busy Brighton will be with many gigs deliberate on the identical evening, nicely tonight is not any exception, and thus we go off-piste and head to the Komedia Studio Bar to catch a few younger acts in motion courtesy of promoters JOY. First up is Coupdekat aka singer/songwriter Katherine Reilly, who was born simply outdoors of London and commenced writing songs on the tender age 15 years outdated. Her first headline present was on fifteenth October at Peckham Audio, and earlier than then on twenty fourth June, the primary Coupdekat EP was launched. It’s titled ‘Imaginary Women’ and though it comprises 8 tunes, its size is available in at beneath fifteen and a half minutes.
Coupdekat at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Nick Linazasoro)
On arrival, we notice that the Komedia Studio stage was made to really feel homely because it had a spread of vegetation dotted across the fringe of the stage space. Katherine took to the compact stage and was accompanied by Maddie Corleone who was on sound, specifically Pioneer electronics. We got eight bouncy dance numbers in whole, which started with ‘CUT IT OFF!!!’ and ‘Love On-line’ from the brand new EP. These have been a most promising begin, and the younger crowd actually appreciated these early numbers. The unreleased ‘Women Need Women’ adopted, after which one other two from the EP, specifically ‘Misplaced In Translation’ and ‘My Full Reinvention’. Katherine then defined that the subsequent tune was penned about lockdown as the one place her and her associates might go was ‘Little Tesco’s’. The penultimate quantity was the unreleased semi drum and bass quantity ‘Superglue’. The perfect was saved for final within the type of ‘FYEO’, which suggests “For Your Eyes Solely”. This final observe was catchy as hell and the entire crowd shouted “FYEO”. An satisfying uplifting set!
Maddie Corleone with Coupdekat at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Coupdekat:
Coupdekat (Katherine Reilly) – vocals
Maddie Corleone – electronics
(Nick Linazasoro)
Piri & Tommy at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
PIRI & TOMMY 8:45-9:37 Komedia Studio (non ‘Mutations’ occasion)
Remaining within the Komedia Studio and staying off-piste, our evening of pleasure continued with headliners Manchester primarily based dance music duo Piri & Tommy who I’ve seen dwell earlier than on a few events and have completely loved them. The pair have been one in all NME’s 100 important artists for 2022 and have been additionally just lately in motion in Brighton as assist act to Charli XCX at her very intimate efficiency on the Concorde 2 on 2nd September – Evaluation HERE. Sophie McBurnie aka Piri was finding out Chemistry at College and met Tommy Villiers on a date they usually began making music collectively right away. Their sound is a fusion of disco, rave, and old style gentle vocals. Two of their songs went viral on TikTok: ‘Phrases’ and ‘Comfortable Spot’. To say I used to be gobsmacked that they have been enjoying dwell within the Studio Bar is an understatement, as I reckon they’d have simply offered out the principle live performance room downstairs. Thus tickets apparently offered out in a matter of minutes! Their model new 12 tune debut mixtape titled ‘froge.mp3’ dropped on twenty first October.
Piri & Tommy at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
The sound within the venue is crisp and the ambiance was nice and the gang have been actually up for it regardless of being packed in like sardines. Piri and Tommy took to the stage together with a drummer who I believed was referred to as ‘Boo’ at 8:45pm they usually thrilled us for 52 playful minutes till closure at 9:37pm. Varied blow up seashore balls and inexperienced frogs have been added to the set’s ornament so as to add to the social gathering vibe. Certainly we did have a celebration, as everybody bopped and jumped alongside to their very satisfying journey hop drum and bass tunes. Piri was in charge of her TC Helicon vocal results processor, Tommy the 2 guitars, bass and backing vocals, and Boo on drums, plus there was a laptop computer in motion as nicely. Piri’s vocals are sugar candy and it’s not possible to not love their tunes. Just a few tunes in and we’re handled to their tackle ‘Gypsy Lady’ by Crystal Waters, which is adopted by an unreleased banger referred to as ‘Up Down’. Stylish’s ‘Everyone Dance’ was given the P&T remedy subsequent. It’s really wonderful to listen to the younger crowd singing alongside to a tune their mums would have danced to a long time in the past. A trio from the mixtape adopted within the type of ‘Silver Lining’, ‘Slowly However Certainly’ and ‘Settle’ which says “Loser” on the auto tuned vocals. The shuffling beat of latest tune ‘Good To Me’ was subsequent and adopted by ‘SeeSaw’. The ultimate numbers being ‘On&On’ and the completely good ‘Comfortable Spot’. I danced myself foolish….enuff stated!
Piri & Tommy at Komedia Studio, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Piri & Tommy:
Piri (Sophie McBurnie) – vocals
Tommy Villiers – guitar, bass
Boo – drums
(Nick Linazasoro)
Squid at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
SQUID 9:00-10:00 Chalk
Squid fashioned in Brighton, and went on to have appreciable success with their 2021 hit album ‘Brilliant Inexperienced Subject’. Broadly described as post-punk, they’re tremendously adventurous musically, incorporating parts of jazz, prog, psych and Krautrock right into a genre-defying combine that may be a difficult however often satisfying pay attention. A five-piece, with drummer Ollie usually taking lead vocals, there may be a lot swapping of devices. It’s typically a reasonably severe affair, with the power channelled into sonic creativity moderately than bodily exuberance, though Ollie spends a lot of the set grinning and gurning.
Squid at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
Tonight at Chalk their trigger isn’t helped by approaching straight after a few energetic and infectiously danceable acts, however it’s a powerful set, nonetheless. The newer materials is moderately noodley and experimental, and doesn’t elicit way more than appreciative nodding from the viewers. The livelier and extra acquainted album tracks are one other matter, with loads of bouncing and jostling down the entrance. By the set climax of ‘Narrator’, there’s even a little bit of crowd browsing. Who’d have thought?
Squid at Chalk, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
Squid:
Ollie Decide – lead vocals, drums
Louis Borlase – guitar, vocals, keyboards
Arthur Leadbetter – keyboards, percussion
Laurie Nankivell – bass, brass, percussion
Anton Pearson- guitar, bass, vocals
(Richie Good)
Me Rex at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
ME REX 10:30-11:00 The Hope & Break
There’s a relaxed vibe and cosy ambiance upstairs in The Hope And Ruin, and I’m right here to take a look at indie rockers Me Rex, who’re from London and Brighton. They incorporate members of Contemporary and Blissful Accidents, and clearly have a passion for dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals, naming their data after these long-extinct denizens of bygone eras. The band aren’t any fossils although; they’re energetic and enjoyable. I used to be anticipating a four-piece, however there are three gamers tonight. Myles is on lead vocals, doing a pogo-style dance behind a keyboard, while wielding a Jaguar guitar. Bassist Wealthy is tall, skinny, and bespectacled, the very epitome of geek-chic. Behind the equipment, Phoebe has a beaming smile and appears to maneuver her complete physique while producing an infectious shuffle beat.
Me Rex at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
The music is jangly enjoyable, and impressively carried out. Opener ‘Stella Abattoir’ is a brisk indie romp, and I’m moderately taken with the extracts they play from their album ‘Megabear’. It is a assortment of 52 brief snippets, all in the identical key with a broadly related beat of bouncing toms. The thought is they are often performed in any order, to supply a steady piece. I need to go and put it on shuffle after I get residence. I’m very taken with Myles’ rapid-fire vocal on ‘Sacred Most cancers’. There’s a quick hiatus to resolve a technical challenge, throughout which Phoebe mischievously calls out, “When Wealthy says ‘Mute’, you say ‘ations’.” He’s an unlikely and moderately reluctant cheerleader, however will get a heat and enthusiastic response from the gang, who clearly love this band.
Me Rex at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
Me Rex:
Myles McCabe – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Wealthy Mandell – bass, keyboards, vocals
Phoebe Cross – drums, vocals
(Richie Good)
Joyeria at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
JOYERIA 11:30-12:00 The Hope & Break
Joyeria is a Canadian artist primarily based in London. From his recorded output I used to be half anticipating a solo set with a laptop computer, however I’m very happy to see a six-piece band take The Hope & Ruin stage, with keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and sax. The principle man is on lead vocals and guitar. The sound is artily vibey, energetic in components, generally languidly downbeat, and generally vaguely trippy. I moderately prefer it.
Joyeria at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
As somebody not within the first flush of youth myself, I respect the lyric of opener ‘Loss of life’: “My face has modified however my identify’s the identical, and never in a great way.” I may also relate to the story of workaday grind in ‘9 to five’. ‘Color Movie’ has a beautiful psych really feel, its descending sample overlaid with howling guitar, earlier than breaking right down to an atmospheric sax interlude. ‘Right here Comes Hassle’ packs lots in: an insistent construct with a garagey really feel, resulting in a half-speed breakdown and culminating in a mesmeric Krautrock-style playout. Excellent!
Joyeria at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Richie Good)
Joyeria:
Joyeria – vocals, guitar
Joe – keyboards, vocals
Sam – guitar
Ryan – drums
Johnny- bass, vocals
Harry – sax
www.instagram.com/joyeria.sounds
(Richie Good)
O. at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mark Kelly)
O. 12:30-1:00 The Hope & Break
O. are a really uncommon band, a baritone sax and drums duo, comprising Tash Keary on drums and Joe Henwood on sax. To say that I’ve by no means seen a band fairly like that is one thing of an understatement. The sax is put via a number of pedals which manipulate the sound unbelievably. A lot in order that in the event you have been listening to this music on file you’d most likely don’t know what instrument you have been listening to.
O. at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mark Kelly)
The sax generally seems like a guitar, and quite a few different devices moreover. Tash Keary is completely astonishing on drums. She replicates techno beats on an acoustic equipment as if it’s second nature. Their debut single (which they don’t inform us the title of) is launched on Thursday tenth November. Moreover they play at Peckham Audio on seventeenth November. It’s good to have one thing that makes Peckham price visiting.
O. at an earlier gig at The MVT Stage, The Nice Escape, Brighton 13.5.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
O.:
Tash Keary – drums
Joe Henwood – saxophone
(Mark Kelly)
Private Coach at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mark Kelly)
PERSONAL TRAINER 1:30-2:00 The Hope & Break
Personal Trainer hail from Amsterdam and are the challenge of singer/songwriter Willem Smit. Performing dwell they’re a seven-piece. Willem strips to his underpants through the first tune. Properly, all of us must have a passion, and I suppose exhibitionism is one. The music is punchy, highly effective indie and jogs my memory of The Wannadies. Thirty years in the past they’d have been having hits in the event that they have been round then. Their second tune ‘Politics’ is fairly funky. Willem dances very daintily for a person of his girth. ‘Fiddle Funk’ is closely riffy, and the synth on ‘The Key Of Ego’ seems like early OMD.
Private Coach at The Hope & Break, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mark Kelly)
Willem scrabbles within the pockets of his discarded denims and pulls out a harmonica which he blows as soon as. He now wears his denims round his neck. Properly, why wouldn’t you? There’s been a whole lot of amusing and eccentric behaviour throughout this efficiency, however laughing apart, Private Coach are shit scorching. They’re ok to mess about with out detracting from the standard of the music. They’ve a brand new file out at the moment, referred to as ‘Large Love Blanket’ which has ten tunes on it and may be price testing.
Private Coach at an earlier gig at Chalk, Brighton 17.10.19 (pic Guy Christie)
Private Coach:
Abel Tuinstra – keys, samples, trombone
Willem Smit – vocals
Kilian Kayser – percussion
Ruben van Weegberg – bass
Kick Kluiving – drums
Franti Maresova – guitar
Leon Harms – guitar
(Mark Kelly)
Learn our account of ‘Mutations Competition’ Day One – Thursday third November HERE.
Learn our account of ‘Mutations Competition’ Opening Get together – Wednesday 2nd November HERE.
Learn our account of ‘Mutations Competition’ Closing Get together – Sunday sixth November HERE.
Mutations Competition schedule for at the moment
