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"Another shining light of Bristol’s alt-folk scene comes of age with her first headline UK tour. Boci crafts transcendental harp and violin stringscapes with ebbing synths and plaintive harmonies FFO: Bon Iver, Björk, Laura Marling, Angel Olsen, Emmy the Great."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Wednesday 26th April. The event starts at 19:30.
Standing show (with some unreserved seats) at Strange Brew, 10-12 Fairfax St, BS1 3DB - Ages 14+ (Under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult over the age of 21)
BOCI
Full band Spring Tour
Violin looper and songwriter boci creates expansive astral alt-folk sound worlds that reflect a journey of inner healing and transformation, through unity, love and connection. In her first headline UK tour, she is joined by a sensational line-up of prolific Bristol based musicians. Playing material from boci’s recently released debut album 'we are each other, this will set us free', as well as some new material and arrangements. Expect layers of swirling strings, sub-heavy synth bass, arresting vocal harmonies and therapeutic percussive grooves.
"truly feels restorative as well as contemplative and, at times, transcendental" - Songlines ★★★★
"disarmingly fresh and life affirming" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"sensational" Adam Crowther, BBC Sounds
PEM
“Pem is the project of Bristol based musician Emily Perry. Blending her rare husky voice with boundless vocal agility, she crafts a sound that hovers somewhere between folk and the smoky serenades of early sirens in music halls of days gone by.
Stratospheric high notes, sweeping vocal leaps and husky vibrato trills, her haunting voice floats and dances up and over ethereal arrangements and intricate taletelling. Fresh from a run of shows in London, Bristol and Berlin, Pem lulls Listeners into warm hazes of vulnerable contemplation, shepherding an intoxicating tour of her inner world” https://eartrumpetmusic.co.uk
Entry requirements:
BOCI
Full band Spring Tour
Violin looper and songwriter boci creates expansive astral alt-folk sound worlds that reflect a journey of inner healing and transformation, through unity, love and connection. In her first headline UK tour, she is joined by a sensational line-up of prolific Bristol based musicians. Playing material from boci’s recently released debut album 'we are each other, this will set us free', as well as some new material and arrangements. Expect layers of swirling strings, sub-heavy synth bass, arresting vocal harmonies and therapeutic percussive grooves.
"truly feels restorative as well as contemplative and, at times, transcendental" - Songlines ★★★★
"disarmingly fresh and life affirming" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"sensational" Adam Crowther, BBC Sounds
PEM
“Pem is the project of Bristol based musician Emily Perry. Blending her rare husky voice with boundless vocal agility, she crafts a sound that hovers somewhere between folk and the smoky serenades of early sirens in music halls of days gone by.
Stratospheric high notes, sweeping vocal leaps and husky vibrato trills, her haunting voice floats and dances up and over ethereal arrangements and intricate taletelling. Fresh from a run of shows in London, Bristol and Berlin, Pem lulls Listeners into warm hazes of vulnerable contemplation, shepherding an intoxicating tour of her inner world” https://eartrumpetmusic.co.uk
Entry requirements:
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