Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Vivan / Dum Dum Girls DIY queen turned gauzy dream pop prophetess, Frankie Rose comes packaged for maximum Dareshack heartache with killer support from Dais Records’ cathartic griefwave icon SRSQ. Not to be missed FFO: 4AD, Chromatics, Drab Majesty, Them Are Us Too, Tamaryn, Miserable. "
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A gig held at Dareshack on Monday 26th February. The event starts at 19:30.
FRANKIE ROSE • www.linktr.ee/Frankierosemusic
Love As Projection is the new album by Frankie Rose, her fifth studio LP and second for Night School following the reissue of her interpretation of The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds. Frankie Rose has forged an enviable musical legacy, from playing with bands like Crystal Stilts and The Vivian Girls but on Love As Projection she takes a bold step into electronic pop production. A sumptuous recorded statement, it dances in ecstasy and broods on the tumult of the western world’s decay in equal proportion. At the heart of the album is glowing, confident songwriting, resplendent in hooks and choruses but still touched with an optimism undimmed.
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SRSQ • www.linktr.ee/Srsq
SRSQ (pronounced seer-skew) is the moniker of singer, musician, and elemental force Kennedy Ashlyn. From foundational years as co-founder of visionary shoegaze duo Them Are Us Too (alongside the late, lamented Cash Askew) through her growing body of solo work on Dais Records, she has steadily honed her multi-octave range and moodswing songcraft into an increasingly potent poetic voice. 2019’s celebrated debut, Unreality, showcased a deepening gift for melodic dynamics and emotive exorcism – a mode she half-seriously coined “griefwave.” The album’s passionate response prompted extensive live dates, further sharpening her natural performative instincts.
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PLASTIC ESTATE • linktr.ee/plasticestate
Plastic Estate is the project of Stanley Fouracres and Nic James. With a contemporary lens placed on the sensibilities of many Synth-Pop and early electronic acts, their marque of “pop music” has garnered support from the likes of Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, KEXP, Apple Music Editorial, and BBC Radio Wales.
Live performances reveal the duo as silhouetted figures against a backdrop of their own curated lighting setup moving from cold electronica to sentimental ballads.
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18+ event.
A Gravy Train presentation.
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Gravy Train events • www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
Entry requirements: 18+
Love As Projection is the new album by Frankie Rose, her fifth studio LP and second for Night School following the reissue of her interpretation of The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds. Frankie Rose has forged an enviable musical legacy, from playing with bands like Crystal Stilts and The Vivian Girls but on Love As Projection she takes a bold step into electronic pop production. A sumptuous recorded statement, it dances in ecstasy and broods on the tumult of the western world’s decay in equal proportion. At the heart of the album is glowing, confident songwriting, resplendent in hooks and choruses but still touched with an optimism undimmed.
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SRSQ • www.linktr.ee/Srsq
SRSQ (pronounced seer-skew) is the moniker of singer, musician, and elemental force Kennedy Ashlyn. From foundational years as co-founder of visionary shoegaze duo Them Are Us Too (alongside the late, lamented Cash Askew) through her growing body of solo work on Dais Records, she has steadily honed her multi-octave range and moodswing songcraft into an increasingly potent poetic voice. 2019’s celebrated debut, Unreality, showcased a deepening gift for melodic dynamics and emotive exorcism – a mode she half-seriously coined “griefwave.” The album’s passionate response prompted extensive live dates, further sharpening her natural performative instincts.
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PLASTIC ESTATE • linktr.ee/plasticestate
Plastic Estate is the project of Stanley Fouracres and Nic James. With a contemporary lens placed on the sensibilities of many Synth-Pop and early electronic acts, their marque of “pop music” has garnered support from the likes of Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, KEXP, Apple Music Editorial, and BBC Radio Wales.
Live performances reveal the duo as silhouetted figures against a backdrop of their own curated lighting setup moving from cold electronica to sentimental ballads.
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18+ event.
A Gravy Train presentation.
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Gravy Train events • www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
Entry requirements: 18+
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