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 delivered to us by FORM and One Inch Badge and they’re making use of 8 Brighton music venues throughout the 4 days. The earlier festivals had been in 2015, 2019 and 2021 and hopefully will likely 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 trade.
At the moment is Day Two ‘The Friday’ and takes in 22 reside music performances unfold throughout 4 Brighton Grassroots Music Venues, these being Chalk, Patterns, Latest Music Bar and The Hope & Ruin.
Listed below are the acts that we witnessed as we speak………………..
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 chargeable for some very visceral noise rock. Mortell and Connaughton are clearly influenced by their compatriots Gilla Band when it comes to their taking part in model. Certainly, there isn’t actually that a lot in the way in which of typical taking part in, particularly so within the music ‘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 preserving singing. Debut single ‘Database’ is quicker than the remainder of the set. All in all they’re an exhilarating reside band. Definitely value 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 is predicated 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 pace. Amid the darkish bass synth and quick guitars, at instances, 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 music 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 might have lacked in selection, it greater than made up for in power and anger. The total paced set went down effectively with the packed Newest Music Bar crowd. The requires “yet one more music” did get an encore (uncommon for a pageant with so many bands taking part in one after the opposite). Not solely had been YABBA buzzing throughout their set, by the tip 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 based mostly 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 could be very atmospheric, with clear Pleasure Division and New Order influences. The band are backlit for many of their first music ‘California’, however this appears to be accidentally quite than design, because the spotlights come on about three-quarters of the way in which by means of the music. Second music ‘Some Individuals’ is far punchier than the primary: a bit like Hooky and co on pace.
Ghum at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Mike Burnell)
Guitarist Jojo continuously makes use of suggestions. She might not like me saying this, however her taking part in model is similar to The Edge from U2 throughout 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 music ‘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 taking part in greater levels…. Closing music ‘Saturn’ is the quickest of the entire set. Ghum are a terrific reside band, and so they’re taking part in at Hackney Oslo on twenty ninth November. Examine ‘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 model. Delivering quick tempo music with a way of enjoyable, during which they seem to not take themselves too significantly, Lambrini Women have a great following on the Brighton reside music scene.
Lambrini Women at Newest Music Bar, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
They opened their set with a pounding nearly rockabilly drum beat from Catt and Phoebe saying “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 go away 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 music ‘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 searching for out “homosexual legends” within the crowd. Midway in, water and beer had been handed on stage for the band. Phoebe, who by this level had already stripped off her costume, merely poured the beer over herself, beginning a playful drinks battle among the many band. After efficiently pleading with the venue employees for an additional music, 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 at the moment are London based mostly. The core band consists of Rory Trobbiani on vocals and guitar, Luke Scott on bass, and Lilli Trobbiani on keyboards. Since shifting 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)
Nonetheless, there’s a distinction between being influenced by a musical period or style and aping it. Sadly Highschool fall on the aping aspect 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 quite a disgrace as their taking part in is nice, if their materials is a little bit by-product. A bit of 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 pleased with it. The six-piece received it collectively in late 2017 with a need to marry groove-based, jazz-inspired rhythms to an apocalyptic narrative. Clashing guitars, dancing keys and highly effective horns sit on prime 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’ by way of Good Swan Information.
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 by means of 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 probably the most musically dense parts are unleashed. These moments are aided by the keys and rhythmic gifted drums working in unison and the gang had been actually bopping alongside inside their confined areas, particularly the left hand aspect of the room as you face the stage. I sadly was squished in opposition to the rear wall and couldn’t benefit from the set as a lot as I ought to have, and thus I would like to provide 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 Gear’ and was very a lot trying ahead to seeing them. I’m not upset. Beginning with a gaggle be a part of palms, they launch right into a bouncy set that’s each artily cool and groovily enjoyable unexpectedly. Home left on guitar and lead vocals, songwriter and filmmaker Ben Hozie seems critical, 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 offered by a arise package. The drummer, presumably 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 taking part in is a beautiful vary of recent 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 it’s essential think about it, strive a mix of Speaking Heads, The B52s, and The Velvet Underground, then make it quicker. There’s an apparent cinematic hyperlink to the insistent clang of ‘Jack In Titanic’, and an intense urgency to ‘No Vanguard Revival’. ‘Thrown’ is totally 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 by means of ‘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 gratifying 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 broaden their sonic palette past run of the mill, and it’s certainly one of many issues that helps separate them from different bands. Again within the day, I’m certain 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 really hear what they sound like. At the moment 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 by means of a formidable 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 true star of the present is Rosa, whose violin taking part in is, fairly actually, electrical. She can also be very cell 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 hold flowing properly. The violin was plucked by Rosa’s finger at instances, 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 received performed as effectively. 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
After I beforehand noticed Crows at ‘Rockaway Seashore’ pageant 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 may admire that they had been a great band, however there was someway one thing lacking. I felt that they deserved a re-evaluation, and the ‘Mutations Pageant’ gave me a chief alternative.
Crows at Patterns, Brighton 4.11.22 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)
From the off Crows had been far much less formulaic than I remembered. Vocalist James Cox sometimes makes use of a Thirties model mic that makes him sound oddly like John Lydon. Cox is a frontman to the ability of ten. To say that he’s in your face doesn’t even start to explain his onstage persona. He offers a complete new which 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 as we speak is way extra energised than at ‘Rockaway Seashore’. Presumably it is 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 prime 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 possibility to catch them in Chalk. The place is totally buzzing as they take the stage clad in white boiler fits emblazoned with the band’s brand. 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 had been earlier members, and Adam J Harmer is the present guitarist, recognized right here as Quicksand. You may think it might all be a bit chaotic, however this outfit are lethal critical, 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 greater within the combine, however the thundering total sound has received 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 stunning clipped funky groove, and I’m fairly mesmerised watching him play. Quicksand lurches round like a demented supermodel, and the bearded longhair on drums batters the package 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 complete pleasure, and the insistent riffing of ‘I Bought Buddies’ is an excellent conclusion to a wonderful efficiency. They actually have made some mates 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 night time, effectively 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 exterior 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 observe that the Komedia Studio stage was made to really feel homely because it had a variety of crops 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 complete, which started with ‘CUT IT OFF!!!’ and ‘Love On-line’ from the brand new EP. These had 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 following tune was penned about lockdown as the one place her and her mates may go was ‘Little Tesco’s’. The penultimate quantity was the unreleased semi drum and bass quantity ‘Superglue’. One of the best 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 gratifying 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 night time of pleasure continued with headliners Manchester based mostly dance music duo Piri & Tommy who I’ve seen reside earlier than on a few events and have completely loved them. The pair had been certainly one of NME’s 100 important artists for 2022 and had been additionally just lately in motion in Brighton as help act to Charli XCX at her very intimate efficiency on the Concorde 2 on 2nd September – Assessment HERE. Sophie McBurnie aka Piri was finding out Chemistry at College and met Tommy Villiers on a date and so they began making music collectively right away. Their sound is a fusion of disco, rave, and old-fashioned delicate vocals. Two of their songs went viral on TikTok: ‘Phrases’ and ‘Mushy Spot’. To say I used to be gobsmacked that they had been taking part in reside within the Studio Bar is an understatement, as I reckon they’d have simply offered out the primary live performance room downstairs. Thus tickets apparently offered out in a matter of minutes! Their model new 12 music 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 had 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 assumed was known as ‘Boo’ at 8:45pm and so they thrilled us for 52 playful minutes till closure at 9:37pm. Varied blow up seashore balls and inexperienced frogs had been added to the set’s ornament with a view to add to the social gathering vibe. Certainly we did have a celebration, as everybody bopped and jumped alongside to their very gratifying journey hop drum and bass tunes. Piri was answerable for 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 effectively. Piri’s vocals are sugar candy and it’s unimaginable to not love their tunes. A couple of tunes in and we’re handled to their tackle ‘Gypsy Girl’ by Crystal Waters, which is adopted by an unreleased banger known as ‘Up Down’. Stylish’s ‘Everyone Dance’ was given the P&T therapy 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 Absolutely’ and ‘Settle’ which says “Loser” on the auto tuned vocals. The shuffling beat of recent tune ‘Good To Me’ was subsequent and adopted by ‘SeeSaw’. The ultimate numbers being ‘On&On’ and the completely sensible ‘Mushy Spot’. I danced myself foolish….enuff mentioned!
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 ‘Vivid Inexperienced Area’. Broadly described as post-punk, they’re tremendously adventurous musically, incorporating components of jazz, prog, psych and Krautrock right into a genre-defying combine that may be a difficult however normally satisfying pay attention. A five-piece, with drummer Ollie usually taking lead vocals, there’s a lot swapping of devices. It’s typically a reasonably critical affair, with the power channelled into sonic creativity quite 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, nevertheless it’s a formidable set, nonetheless. The newer materials is quite noodley and experimental, and doesn’t elicit rather 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 keenness for dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals, naming their information after these long-extinct denizens of bygone eras. The band are not 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 package, 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 quite taken with the extracts they play from their album ‘Megabear’. This can be a assortment of 52 quick snippets, all in the identical key with a broadly related beat of bouncing toms. The concept 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 dwelling. 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 quite 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 based mostly in London. From his recorded output I used to be half anticipating a solo set with a laptop computer, however I’m more than 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 quite 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 admire the lyric of opener ‘Loss of life’: “My face has modified however my title’s the identical, and never in a great way.” I can even relate to the story of workaday grind in ‘9 to five’. ‘Color Movie’ has a stunning psych really feel, its descending sample overlaid with howling guitar, earlier than breaking all the way down to an atmospheric sax interlude. ‘Right here Comes Hassle’ packs loads 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 by means of a number of pedals which manipulate the sound unbelievably. A lot in order that for those who had been listening to this music on file you’d in all probability do not know what instrument you had 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 totally astonishing on drums. She replicates techno beats on an acoustic package 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 value 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 venture of singer/songwriter Willem Smit. Performing reside they’re a seven-piece. Willem strips to his underpants throughout the first music. Effectively, all of us have to have a passion, and I assume 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 had been round then. Their second music ‘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. Effectively, why wouldn’t you? There’s been quite a lot of amusing and eccentric behaviour throughout this efficiency, however laughing apart, Private Coach are shit scorching. They’re adequate to mess about with out detracting from the standard of the music. They’ve a brand new file out as we speak, known as ‘Large Love Blanket’ which has ten tunes on it and is perhaps value 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)
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