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"Free entry / PWYC blackened darkwave death metal insanity from Newcastle’s Penance Stare (who destroyed the main stage at Supernormal 2022). Fans of The Body, Striborg, Alcest, Lycia, Deafheaven; you’d be a fool to miss this."
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A gig held at The Croft on Saturday 11th February. The event starts at 19:30.
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Penance Stare • www.penancestare.bandcamp.com
Lump Hammer • www.lumphammer.bandcamp.com
Dan Johnson • www.instagram.com/danjohnsondrums
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PENANCE STARE - Newcastle-based “bleak metal” duo consisting of Skylar Gill and Esmé Louise Newman. Playing in a confessional, hybrid style, PS incorporates elements of black metal, screamo and noise rock for maximum emotional impact. The band has toured with Thank and Plague Rider, and shared stages with Imperial Triumphant, Divide and Dissolve, Atvm and Kulk among others.
FFO - Cloud Rat, Xasthur, Closet Witch
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LUMP HAMMER - Minimalist/maximalist rock trio from Newcastle, featuring members of Plague Rider and Friend. Using baritone guitar, manipulated vocals and caveman drums, LH play a concussive blend of abject doom and off-kilter noise rock, exploring extreme repetition, phase experiments, dynamic shifts and unorthodox riff structures. The band has released two albums to date, “Whelmed”, a split with Liverpool’s Bodies On Everest, and their most recent effort, 2020’s “Beast”.
FFO - Khanate, Burmese, White Mice
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DAN JOHNSON - "Over the past decade, Dan has established himself as a key figure in Bristol’s, and the wider UK experimental arts and music community. A distinctive improviser and performer whose practice is centred on percussion performance, he has collaborated widely in important groups and ensembles including EP/64, Run Logan Run, and performed nationally at festivals and events such as Supernormal and Unwedding festivals. In my opinion, Dan is one of the most exciting percussionists working in the field today; he has developed a singular style as a percussionist and become widely known for the unique focus and intensity of solo and collaborative performances, which are often site specific in nature. Running through all of his work is a conceptual rigour that draws on interdisciplinary influences from music, experimental performance, theatre and community practice."
- Al Cameron (The WIRE, The Brunswick Club, Bristol New Music, Interior Motive)
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18+ event.
A Gravy Train & BLG presentation.
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More events:
www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
www.linktr.ee/BLGPromotions
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Entry requirements:
Penance Stare • www.penancestare.bandcamp.com
Lump Hammer • www.lumphammer.bandcamp.com
Dan Johnson • www.instagram.com/danjohnsondrums
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PENANCE STARE - Newcastle-based “bleak metal” duo consisting of Skylar Gill and Esmé Louise Newman. Playing in a confessional, hybrid style, PS incorporates elements of black metal, screamo and noise rock for maximum emotional impact. The band has toured with Thank and Plague Rider, and shared stages with Imperial Triumphant, Divide and Dissolve, Atvm and Kulk among others.
FFO - Cloud Rat, Xasthur, Closet Witch
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LUMP HAMMER - Minimalist/maximalist rock trio from Newcastle, featuring members of Plague Rider and Friend. Using baritone guitar, manipulated vocals and caveman drums, LH play a concussive blend of abject doom and off-kilter noise rock, exploring extreme repetition, phase experiments, dynamic shifts and unorthodox riff structures. The band has released two albums to date, “Whelmed”, a split with Liverpool’s Bodies On Everest, and their most recent effort, 2020’s “Beast”.
FFO - Khanate, Burmese, White Mice
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DAN JOHNSON - "Over the past decade, Dan has established himself as a key figure in Bristol’s, and the wider UK experimental arts and music community. A distinctive improviser and performer whose practice is centred on percussion performance, he has collaborated widely in important groups and ensembles including EP/64, Run Logan Run, and performed nationally at festivals and events such as Supernormal and Unwedding festivals. In my opinion, Dan is one of the most exciting percussionists working in the field today; he has developed a singular style as a percussionist and become widely known for the unique focus and intensity of solo and collaborative performances, which are often site specific in nature. Running through all of his work is a conceptual rigour that draws on interdisciplinary influences from music, experimental performance, theatre and community practice."
- Al Cameron (The WIRE, The Brunswick Club, Bristol New Music, Interior Motive)
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18+ event.
A Gravy Train & BLG presentation.
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More events:
www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
www.linktr.ee/BLGPromotions
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Entry requirements:
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