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"Americana-electronica duo Hangover Square seduce with stately charisma and otherworldly arrangements that shimmer with operatic tenderness and digital flourishes... come join their haunting tour of transcendence through nightmarish worlds. Ethereal shadow play FFO: This Mortal Coil, Marissa Nadler, Kate Bush."
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A gig held at The Croft on Wednesday 12th November. The event starts at 19:00.
Hangover Square create evolving cityscapes and distorted conversations overlapping and alternating with songs and instrumentals. They use live electronics, layered vocals, loops, synths and slide guitar. Prepare to be taken on a cinematic journey of song and music. This is electronica meets Americana.
Victoria and Chris are two highly experienced professional musicians who have been played widely across the radio including having been play-listed on BBC Radio 2, they have toured extensively across the UK and in Europe. Expect soaring ethereal vocals and expressive slide guitar balanced with live beats and electronic atmospheres.
Their live shows for 2025/26 will building on the success of their first two albums ‘Rewire’ was included on Bristol 24/7’s list of top releases of 2024.
“Rewire is an album that meshes electronica and acoustic instruments seamlessly, creating an intricate soundscape for Bourne’s expressive vocals”
– Louder Than War
“I’m very excited to have discovered Hangover Square’s music. Their second album is a triumph of the personal and the experimental, delivering a journey in which one can easily become lost. The mix of Americana and electronica on display is simply stunning”
– York Calling
“…two highly accomplished musicians…”
Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2
Entry requirements: 18+
Victoria and Chris are two highly experienced professional musicians who have been played widely across the radio including having been play-listed on BBC Radio 2, they have toured extensively across the UK and in Europe. Expect soaring ethereal vocals and expressive slide guitar balanced with live beats and electronic atmospheres.
Their live shows for 2025/26 will building on the success of their first two albums ‘Rewire’ was included on Bristol 24/7’s list of top releases of 2024.
“Rewire is an album that meshes electronica and acoustic instruments seamlessly, creating an intricate soundscape for Bourne’s expressive vocals”
– Louder Than War
“I’m very excited to have discovered Hangover Square’s music. Their second album is a triumph of the personal and the experimental, delivering a journey in which one can easily become lost. The mix of Americana and electronica on display is simply stunning”
– York Calling
“…two highly accomplished musicians…”
Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2
Entry requirements: 18+
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