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A gig held at Exchange on Wednesday 1st October. The event starts at 19:30.
Blowout Presents
- Michael Cera Palin -
Atlanta's emotive indie-punk trio 'Michael Cera Palin' return to Bristol this October for their biggest headline here to date at Exchange!
The band are noted for consciously vulnerable lyrics, a cathartically catchy sound, and an impassioned live show, all forged through a decade of cutting teeth in the genre-fluid arts landscape of their home.
MCP released two EPs from 2015-2018 before a premature hiatus. After derailed ambitions for their 2020 return (now to a notably larger listenership than they had previously left behind), the band retreated from the social dimension of the community to begin carving their new chapter, and finding a voice of their own.
This led to the release of their 2024 debut album 'We Could Be Brave', released on Big Scary Monsters to critical acclaim. This Bristol show marks their first in the city since the release of this album, so expect a setlist full of bangers from it as well as favourites from their beloved first EP's
Plus Special Guests : Toodles & the Hectic Pity / Hamburger
Oct 1st 2025
Exchange, Bristol
Doors 7pm / £15adv
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
- Michael Cera Palin -
Atlanta's emotive indie-punk trio 'Michael Cera Palin' return to Bristol this October for their biggest headline here to date at Exchange!
The band are noted for consciously vulnerable lyrics, a cathartically catchy sound, and an impassioned live show, all forged through a decade of cutting teeth in the genre-fluid arts landscape of their home.
MCP released two EPs from 2015-2018 before a premature hiatus. After derailed ambitions for their 2020 return (now to a notably larger listenership than they had previously left behind), the band retreated from the social dimension of the community to begin carving their new chapter, and finding a voice of their own.
This led to the release of their 2024 debut album 'We Could Be Brave', released on Big Scary Monsters to critical acclaim. This Bristol show marks their first in the city since the release of this album, so expect a setlist full of bangers from it as well as favourites from their beloved first EP's
Plus Special Guests : Toodles & the Hectic Pity / Hamburger
Oct 1st 2025
Exchange, Bristol
Doors 7pm / £15adv
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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