Leather.head / Foot Foot + Improv’s Greatest Hits at Bristol Cruising Club Sabrina 6
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"Sell out warning! Angular, unhinged sax skronk on a bloody boat! Leather.head bring their no-wave / post-punk maelstrom to harbour with support from spellbinding chamber-punk darlings Foot Foot. Essential chaos FFO: Tortoise, Repo Man, Sex Swing, Blurt, the Raincoats, the New Eves."

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A gig on Friday 5th April. The event starts at 20:30.


Two of the very best off kilter melodic groups around supported by Bristol’s own brand of improv on the newest and cosiest boat in town. Venue info below Leather.head ^*^*^*^^**^ https://leatherhead666.bandcamp.com https://fatiguerecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-and-limp https://www.instagram.com/leather.head_ London Underground heroes. Part Janky, disjointed guitars, squealing sax and buckling machinery. Part melodic bliss to bring a tear. Part hench polyrhythmic walls of sound Feat members of Piglet, Lobby, The Glugg and founders of DIY music collective / grassroot activists Solidarity Tapes Foot Foot ~>~>~ https://foot-foot.bandcamp.com/track/smile-hole https://www.instagram.com/footfootband In the vanguard of the emerging Bristol underground scene, — Foot Foot have drawn on the traditions of folk, math-rock and discordant post-rock to produce their intricate brand of songcraft, creating moments of serenity & stillness before launching into fast, jagged rhythms. Their use of contrasts -indie-flecked songwriting with irregular, winding passages or rich violin & vocal melodies with avante-jazz freakouts - have marked them out as one of the scene's most innovative and impactful live acts ! Double A side single with Bible Club and debut album on the way Improv's Greatest Hits ——@—-@—@——@—- https://www.instagram.com/improvsgreatesthits/ IGH is a fluid collective of musicians using improvised music as a vehicle to mix musical and social scenes . Blurring subculture lines and debuting new artists and collaborations on the regular. Represented this time by Harry Iceman Furniss ( Bingo Fury etc ) - cornet Eve Rosenberg ( Ex Agent / Sunglasz Vendor) - bass Joe Lyon ( Big Fuss Ensemble etc ) - sax Aidan Surgey ( Ex Agent / Broadsheets ) - drums Micheal Gianan - guitar DIRECTIONS ———————- Bristol Cruising Club Sabrina 6 (barge) Redcliffe Backs Bristol BS1 6NE [Google maps]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nz1hkzA4jvRN6wdh8 and for more detail https://w3w.co/crisp.adults.thank -- There is a bar on the boat + old pub prices ** The ticket includes 24hr membership to the Bristol Cruising Club on the date of the event **

Entry requirements: no age restrictions

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