FLASHBACK INSTORE

Long time no speak...

FIRST UP, we're doing a live instore in the basement of Flashback Records this coming Friday:

Poster says 7pm, but that's when we're arriving with the drumkit, so maybe give us a few minutes to set up.

FREE SHOW/FREE BEER/FREE LOADERS

In other news...

- RIP TOMMY RAMONE - great beat, massive innie

- A couple of us played in THE MOLES recently.  "Eventful".  We did a BBC6 session with Marc Riley, it's still online for another week or so here

- We've booked in to do our own live session for Marc on August 19th.  Tune in/drop out etc

- Next show proper will be Andrew Mïlk's birthday shindig on 6th September.  Details to follow

HOOKWORMS LOST WEEKEND

Hookworms have kindly invited us to play the Friday night of their Lost Weekend at the Islington Mill Salford. Get tickets here.

SPEEDY ORTIZ / ELECTROWERKZ

HEY, so we're playing tonight at The Electrowerkz.  It's ATP show, we'll be supporting Speedy Ortiz along with Empty Pools.  Tickets are still available at the time of writing.

We're on super early at 8pm, so skip dinner or eat on the bus. En route ensalada.  See you tonight!

LP LAUNCH

Here's some photographs taken by Owen Richards at our LP launch party at The Old Fire Station.  Big thanks to Phonic Rotations, Witching Waves and Soft Walls for playing, Negative Space for putting on the show, and to all those who came out on the night. 

CRUMB CABIN / GLOSS REJECTION

Gloss Rejection have put together a zine for Crumb Cabin that features photographs and interviews with us, Tense Men, Witching Waves and others. Buy it here, as part of a zine and tape package. Here is a page, but you'll have to shell out for the actual interview, no spoilers.

LP LAUNCH SHOW

Our LP launch has been moved from the Dalston Victoria to The Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington. Now a fully DIY show. BYOB. Starts early as we need to clear out the gear and mop the floor by midnight. The Old Fire Station is a community hall, and there will be a meditation class taking place first thing on sunday morning.

Joining us:

THE SOFT WALLS
Solo project by Dan from Cold Pumas. Joined by a selection of other humans to create a powerful manifestation of introspective songs.

WITCHING WAVES
Power couple voice a dissatisfaction with the modern world.

PHONIC ROTATIONS
Former Areca Grove member investigates the intricacies and rhythms of whirring motors.

Architecture

The video for ‘Architecture’ is a visual homage to relics of the Brutalist and Modernist architectural movements and social-housing builds of the 1960s and 70s. 

Shot across the London boroughs between W10 to E14 and featuring structures designed by the likes of Ernő Goldfinger, Neave Brown and Alison and Peter Smithson, the video examines the remnants of a now obsolete movement that saw virtue in honest and exposed functionality, bold monumental béton brut construction, and cellular repetitious aesthetics.

The song itself muses on the way in which some individuals struggle to cope with the political and social ideologies that exist within the architecture of a metropolis.

The video was directed by the band’s own Simon Marsham, with artist/film-maker Emma Charles acting as Director of Photography and Editor, and photographer Owen Richards providing an additional camera for the ‘live’ footage.

Extended appreciations to Emma Charles, as well as to Owen Richards and Lucy Anstey (who painted the backdrops), for giving up so many hours of their time gratis.