EX AGENT RELEASE PARTY || MONIKA BADLY X DAN JOHNSON ||  D/RK-HUMR X TLK at Strange Brew
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"3 quid/PWYC!! Bristol’s premier no-wave improv dadaists are at it again: they’ve released an incendiary new EP filled with ominous skronking, free-jazz frenzy and avant-garde poeticism and now you can experience it in full, live. Not only that but they'll be joined by Biped’s hallowed pop-concrète confessionals + D/RK HUMR’s angular art-rock meets TLK’s ethereal vocal-led electronics. Big FFO: Black Midi, Still House Plants, Black Country, New Road."

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A gig held at Strange Brew on Saturday 27th September. The event starts at 19:00.


Join Ex Agent & friends to celebrate the release of their EP 'New Assumptions...' out now via Collapsing Drums. Expect the EP in full (ft. special guests) + some new & some improvised. Support comes from 2 collabs; Monika Badly x Dan Johnson + D/rk Humr ft. TLK. Plus Squid & Noods Radio DJs in between sets. The night will be hosted by Henry Wilson. Also stalls from various vendors.

PWYC show // £3 minimum -- please consider paying more if you are able to do so as funds go directly to supporting the artists.

EX AGENT

"At the forefront of an underground British guitar scene that's thriving against all odds and following a stellar debut single, ' in 2023, Bristol's 's debut EP 'New Assumptions...'...

In just a thunderous 16 minutes, it fashions blistered no wave collages out of skronking guitars, noirish jazz piano, and fragile, spidery sprechstimme monologues – genuinely volatile, uncomfortable music that combines the cinematic high drama of post rock with jazz detritus and the gristly, sinewy guitar noise of Albini, Ranaldo or Branca at their butchering best.

'New Assumptions…' is testament to a group of people who are absolutely in musical synchronisation with one another. Bold and brilliant, the five-piece, alongside a few crucial collaborators, traverse so many different styles effortlessly on their way to creating a brand of idiosyncratic new rock music".

- The Quietus


+BIPED


+D/rk-Humr ft. TLK

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)

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