A gig held at Crofters Rights on Friday 23rd November. The event starts at 19:30.
Postpunk legend Martin Bramah returns to Bristol with new songs from the forthcoming Blue Orchids album - titled ‘Righteous Harmony Fist’.
‘Righteous Harmony Fist’ is the second album from the Blue Orchids in three years and takes them in a more melodic direction while retaining the renowned intensity of Bramah’s live performances. The band includes drummer Howard Jones (Last Harbour/Calvin Party) keyboards John Paul Moran (The Monochrome Set/Rapid Pig) and Vince Hunt (A Witness/Inca Babies) on bass.
The show is the latest in a series of dates this year as Bramah blends songs from the new album – ‘In the Acid Garden’, ‘Beached’ and ‘The Art of Falling’ to a back catalogue of classics.
The founding guitarist of The Fall and its primary songwriter on early releases, Bramah formed the Blue Orchids with two other ex-Fall members after the release of their classic debut album ‘Live At The Witch Trials’ - with almost instant success. The first Blue Orchids album ‘The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain)’ topped the indie charts and delivered classics still in the set – ‘Sun Connection’, ‘A Year With No Head’ and ‘Bad Education’.
With strung-out keyboards weaving around inventive, discordant guitar patterns - once described as ‘Phil Spector meets the Velvet Underground beneath the Blackpool illuminations’ – Bramah’s previous album ‘The Once and Future Thing’ confirmed him as an artist who follows his muse and continues to write great and memorable songs.
Insistent beats, brilliant guitar work, ever-changing moods and more … ‘Righteous Harmony Fist’ will offer yet more proof of that – if proof were needed.
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The Flux Capacitors
The Flux Capacitors are a three piece vegan rock band from Bristol. Lead guitarist Hazel Winter has headlined Reading Festival, toured Europe, and played the Glastonbury pyramid stage during her time with 80s Art Rock group The Blue Aeroplanes. These are moments she tries to hang on and hug to herself while pushing an amp through the streets of Berlin in a supermarket shopping trolley at bastard o clock in order to play a gig with a couple of 20 year old lads who have basically got her into the band because she’s Got A Car.
http://fluxcapacitors.uk/
https://bristolfcs.bandcamp.com/
The Short Stories
The Short Stories are a band from Somerset, UK, buzzing like bees through a sequestered field of punk, post-punk, and indie flowers, searching for the still-floating pollen of the Velvet Underground. Founded in 2007, the current two-piece line-up looks fixedly forward, presenting new songs in an open, semi-acoustic approach that tries to make conversation rather than performance out of the music.
Live sightings are few and far between, recordings even less so; like day-lilies you have to catch them when they’re in bloom
https://www.facebook.com/theshortstoriesmusic
Entry requirements:
‘Righteous Harmony Fist’ is the second album from the Blue Orchids in three years and takes them in a more melodic direction while retaining the renowned intensity of Bramah’s live performances. The band includes drummer Howard Jones (Last Harbour/Calvin Party) keyboards John Paul Moran (The Monochrome Set/Rapid Pig) and Vince Hunt (A Witness/Inca Babies) on bass.
The show is the latest in a series of dates this year as Bramah blends songs from the new album – ‘In the Acid Garden’, ‘Beached’ and ‘The Art of Falling’ to a back catalogue of classics.
The founding guitarist of The Fall and its primary songwriter on early releases, Bramah formed the Blue Orchids with two other ex-Fall members after the release of their classic debut album ‘Live At The Witch Trials’ - with almost instant success. The first Blue Orchids album ‘The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain)’ topped the indie charts and delivered classics still in the set – ‘Sun Connection’, ‘A Year With No Head’ and ‘Bad Education’.
With strung-out keyboards weaving around inventive, discordant guitar patterns - once described as ‘Phil Spector meets the Velvet Underground beneath the Blackpool illuminations’ – Bramah’s previous album ‘The Once and Future Thing’ confirmed him as an artist who follows his muse and continues to write great and memorable songs.
Insistent beats, brilliant guitar work, ever-changing moods and more … ‘Righteous Harmony Fist’ will offer yet more proof of that – if proof were needed.
SUPPORT
The Flux Capacitors
The Flux Capacitors are a three piece vegan rock band from Bristol. Lead guitarist Hazel Winter has headlined Reading Festival, toured Europe, and played the Glastonbury pyramid stage during her time with 80s Art Rock group The Blue Aeroplanes. These are moments she tries to hang on and hug to herself while pushing an amp through the streets of Berlin in a supermarket shopping trolley at bastard o clock in order to play a gig with a couple of 20 year old lads who have basically got her into the band because she’s Got A Car.
http://fluxcapacitors.uk/
https://bristolfcs.bandcamp.com/
The Short Stories
The Short Stories are a band from Somerset, UK, buzzing like bees through a sequestered field of punk, post-punk, and indie flowers, searching for the still-floating pollen of the Velvet Underground. Founded in 2007, the current two-piece line-up looks fixedly forward, presenting new songs in an open, semi-acoustic approach that tries to make conversation rather than performance out of the music.
Live sightings are few and far between, recordings even less so; like day-lilies you have to catch them when they’re in bloom
https://www.facebook.com/theshortstoriesmusic
Entry requirements:
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