Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Sell out warning! Trad-drone-metal mesmerism from the Lankum fold! One Leg One Eye are to the uilleann pipes what Sunn O))) are to guitars - rewriting the history of the instrument in expansive, infinite landscapes of heaviness. Nightmares await FFO: Hilary Woods, Swans, Quade, Keeley Forsyth, Phurpa."
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A gig held at The Cube on Wednesday 18th June. The event starts at 20:00.
One Leg One Eye is the project of Ian Lynch (founding member of Irish group Lankum) that explores submerged leylines of music and song, drawing on the raw aesthetics of black metal, noise and drone, while also being deeply embued with a sense of Irish history and myth.
Debut album …And Take The Black Worm With Me (released on Nyahh Records in 2022) is a slow burning suite of five expansive songscapes. Partly recorded in an abandoned Dublin factory where his father worked when he was a child, Lynch’s harrowing vocals are underpinned by vast pillars of uileann pipe drones, overlaid with effects and field recordings to conjure up a sound that is at once dark, mysterious and ultimately transcendental.
“The mood often feels immersive and monumental, but there is powerful intimacy, too.” - The Guardian
Spirited Followers
Spirited Followers are an experimental folk band from Cardiff alive with the synergy of adventurous musical pursuit. With an instrumental line up of harmonium, dulcimer, bouzouki, cello, synth and drums, Spirited Followers draw on their respective cultural & musical heritages of Wales, Cyprus & India, maintaining & evolving these roots with an avant-garde & experimental post-rock sound.
Ewen MacIntyre
Scottish unaccompanied singer, story teller and versed in the sean-nós tradition too. A fixture around Bristol song circles & trad sessions for the last number of years, it's an honour to welcome Ewen to set the floor for the evening.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Debut album …And Take The Black Worm With Me (released on Nyahh Records in 2022) is a slow burning suite of five expansive songscapes. Partly recorded in an abandoned Dublin factory where his father worked when he was a child, Lynch’s harrowing vocals are underpinned by vast pillars of uileann pipe drones, overlaid with effects and field recordings to conjure up a sound that is at once dark, mysterious and ultimately transcendental.
“The mood often feels immersive and monumental, but there is powerful intimacy, too.” - The Guardian
Spirited Followers
Spirited Followers are an experimental folk band from Cardiff alive with the synergy of adventurous musical pursuit. With an instrumental line up of harmonium, dulcimer, bouzouki, cello, synth and drums, Spirited Followers draw on their respective cultural & musical heritages of Wales, Cyprus & India, maintaining & evolving these roots with an avant-garde & experimental post-rock sound.
Ewen MacIntyre
Scottish unaccompanied singer, story teller and versed in the sean-nós tradition too. A fixture around Bristol song circles & trad sessions for the last number of years, it's an honour to welcome Ewen to set the floor for the evening.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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