Upset The Rhythm & Parallel Lines present…

 

Friday 25 March 2022

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY

6.30pm | £30.00 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/g3KQl6bmpgb

 

FUTURE ISLANDS are a band whose brilliance was always hiding in plain sight. One viral moment might have catapulted them to worldwide recognition, but they were just doing what they always did – pouring their heart and soul into every moment, and channelling art's great power to spread love and hope. It was, quite simply, who they are. Long, hard years on the road, and the sense of constantly traveling away from something, have shaped the band many ways, both spiritually and physically. Always leaving, never arriving, the horizon an impossible destination to be chased but never caught. Future Islands' new album As Long As You Are is out now on 4AD, whilst the band just announced a new single ‘King of Sweden’. This show is the long-awaited return of the band back to London since their run of sold out shows at Brixton Academy back in 2017.

 

DAN DEACON returned in 2020 with ‘Mystic Familiar’, his first album in five years and the stunning result of years of obsessive work, play, and self-discovery. It’s not only his most emotionally open record but also his most transcendent! Eleven kaleidoscopic tracks of majestic synth-pop that exponentially expand Deacon’s sound with unfettered imagination and newfound vulnerability. Since 2015’s ‘Gliss Riffer’, Deacon has branched out from his core body of work into a dizzying array of collaborative projects: scoring eight films, collaborating with the New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer Justin Peck on the dance piece The Times Are Racing; performing expanded arrangements of his music with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and for the first time producing and co-writing an album with friends Ed Schrader’s Music Beat. Throughout all this Deacon was also working on a new suite of songs that wield the profundity of a philosopher and the absurdity of a jester. These songs made up his ‘Mystic Familiar’ album, painting life as a psychedelic journey brimming with bliss and disruption, darkness and light.

https://dandeacon.com/  

 

 

Upset The Rhythm presents…

BUFFET LUNCH
ME LOST ME
SHAKE CHAIN
Friday 1 April 2022
MOTH Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, London, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £7 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/v9oNFWFE7hb
(Tickets still valid from the postponed Cafe OTO, Nov 6th 2021 show)

BUFFET LUNCH are a Scottish group who make it their mission to craft satisfyingly imperfect pop songs filled with imagery and humour. The group's elementary parts are Perry O'Bray (Vocals/Keys/Guitar), Neil Robinson (Bass), John Muir (Lead Guitar) & Luke Moran (Drums), united by a shared love of music on the ABBA-to-Beefheart axis. These four ricochet between Glasgow and Edinburgh, creating music that bristles with DIY spirit and upbeat wonkiness. Their tracks are vigorous excursions, meandering into clattersome terrain as often as hiking up into the breezy, melodious foothills. The desire to lead the listener along a curious tale helps tie things together, showcasing a lyrical playfulness that pins down their puzzle of sound. Following on from their excellent ‘The Power of Rocks’ album (Upset The Rhythm), the band return this November with a vigorous new 7” EP featuring the tracks ‘Mild Weather’ and ‘Cheeks’.
https://buffetlunchband.tumblr.com/

ME LOST ME is the electronic music project of Newcastle based musician Jayne Dent. Described by BBC Radio 6's Tom Robinson as a "brilliant peculiar noise", Me Lost Me delights in experimenting with genre, taking influence from folk, electronica, art pop, ambient and noise music to create a beguiling mix of soaring vocals, synth, field recordings and hypnotic rhythms. Her live shows are atmospheric, dark and playful, with a repertoire that explores storytelling through original songs, improvisations and reworkings of traditional ballads. She recently released her second album 'The Good Noise’, out November 2020, was described as 'stunning' and 'remarkable' by NARC Magazine demonstrates a maturing of her sound and a deepening of her exploration of site and experiments with genre.
https://www.melostme.com/

SHAKE CHAIN are a 4-piece experimental group formed of artist Kate Mahony (Vocals), Joe Fergey (Drums), Robert Eyres (Guitar/Synth) and Chris Hopkins (Bass/Synth) hailing from Bournemouth, London and Oxford. Formed through a love of thought-provoking performance art and a yearning for disruption, they recorded their debut EP ‘Neil Yonge and Bob Doylan Live at Hyde Park’ in 2019 with sound artist David Carugo at Oxford Brookes University, released by Permanent Slump. Shake Chain provide a fusion of post-punk grooves, noise samples and chaotic lamenting on the current state of things.
https://katemahony.com/Shake-Chain

Upset The Rhythm presents…

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

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

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

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

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