Headfirst Editor's Pick
"The Little Unsaid bring their uncategorisable live show to town! Anything can happen: restless post‑rock folk entwines with spectral electronica, squelchy pulses, and vaporous soundscapes. This'll hit with fans of: Nick Cave, Four Tet, Joan Shelley, The Weather Station."
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A gig held at The Cube on Wednesday 8th October. The event starts at 20:00.
LIVE AT
THE CUBE MICROPLEX
BRISTOL
THE WILDERNESS 荒野 SESSIONS
PRESENTS:
THE LITTLE UNSAID
{ weird-folk-post-rock-prog-jazz-alt-electronica }
Renowned for stadium-sized epics played in intimate rooms, this 'utterly life-affirming' (Bristol 24/7), boundary-pushing, leftfield post-rock folk/electronica band is restless and shape-shifting. Delicate vocals float above either giant choruses and squelchy/sleazy beats or atmospheric, eerie soundscapes. Beguiling lyrics chart our deepest experiences and matters of the heart; mesmeric music elevates and unites us.
For fans of Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Elbow, Sam Shepherd (Floating Points), The Auteurs and Nick Cave.
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'A stunning interpretation of contemporary chaos... a gorgeous whiplash of delirium and hazy reveries. If Nick Cave were a small man from Yorkshire and sang his anxiety dreams in a falsetto, it would sound something like this.'
The Line Of Best Fit
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The Little Unsaid is the ever-mutating songwriting project of Yorkshire-born singer/multi-instrumentalist/producer John Elliott, making mesmeric, totally beguiling music underpinned by an incredible mélange of Moog bass, synths, viola, effects and drums provided by Mariya Brachkova, Alison D'Souza and Tim Heymerdinger. This fiercely creative London/Aarhus-based four-piece has always evaded categorisation, blending multi-instrumented post-rock; pulsing dreamtime chill-out electronica; touches of jazz improvisation; an earthiness that hints at folk and roots influences: and a dramatic art-rock edge. A sound by turns beautiful, bleak, progressive, symphonic, poetic, clever and at times heartbreaking, that has gathered a fervent cult following over the years.
John Elliott has a hauntingly beautiful voice with a stunning vocal range that can switch falsetto instantly into something much more powerful. The band's impassioned live shows slide between Nick Cave-esque intensity and the tender, poetic sincerity of Leonard Cohen, with an emotional depth, raw energy, and powerful sense of audience connection.
Having spent a year and a half away from recording/touring so as to reinvent and reinvigorate their process, The Little Unsaid now tours their most expansive yet deeply personal record to date ('Fable', 2022); music fuelled by the simmering collective anxiety of an ephemeral and chaotic world, but held together by a palpable sense of gratitude and joy. The essence of their songcraft is that good things (strange and remarkable things, too) can come out of bad times or uncomfortable situations.
★★★★★
Rock'n'Reel (R2) Magazine
'Bold and different.'
The Guardian
'Hypnotically attractive... edges on the experimental... fascinating music.'
At The Barrier
'Unique and varied... original and uncompromising. Elliott is like a downbeat Paul McCartney or Nick Cave with a penchant for synth-folk.'
KLOF Magazine
https://www.thelittleunsaid.com
The Wilderness 荒野 Sessions in association with Laughing Dog Music.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
THE CUBE MICROPLEX
BRISTOL
THE WILDERNESS 荒野 SESSIONS
PRESENTS:
THE LITTLE UNSAID
{ weird-folk-post-rock-prog-jazz-alt-electronica }
Renowned for stadium-sized epics played in intimate rooms, this 'utterly life-affirming' (Bristol 24/7), boundary-pushing, leftfield post-rock folk/electronica band is restless and shape-shifting. Delicate vocals float above either giant choruses and squelchy/sleazy beats or atmospheric, eerie soundscapes. Beguiling lyrics chart our deepest experiences and matters of the heart; mesmeric music elevates and unites us.
For fans of Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Elbow, Sam Shepherd (Floating Points), The Auteurs and Nick Cave.
-
'A stunning interpretation of contemporary chaos... a gorgeous whiplash of delirium and hazy reveries. If Nick Cave were a small man from Yorkshire and sang his anxiety dreams in a falsetto, it would sound something like this.'
The Line Of Best Fit
-
The Little Unsaid is the ever-mutating songwriting project of Yorkshire-born singer/multi-instrumentalist/producer John Elliott, making mesmeric, totally beguiling music underpinned by an incredible mélange of Moog bass, synths, viola, effects and drums provided by Mariya Brachkova, Alison D'Souza and Tim Heymerdinger. This fiercely creative London/Aarhus-based four-piece has always evaded categorisation, blending multi-instrumented post-rock; pulsing dreamtime chill-out electronica; touches of jazz improvisation; an earthiness that hints at folk and roots influences: and a dramatic art-rock edge. A sound by turns beautiful, bleak, progressive, symphonic, poetic, clever and at times heartbreaking, that has gathered a fervent cult following over the years.
John Elliott has a hauntingly beautiful voice with a stunning vocal range that can switch falsetto instantly into something much more powerful. The band's impassioned live shows slide between Nick Cave-esque intensity and the tender, poetic sincerity of Leonard Cohen, with an emotional depth, raw energy, and powerful sense of audience connection.
Having spent a year and a half away from recording/touring so as to reinvent and reinvigorate their process, The Little Unsaid now tours their most expansive yet deeply personal record to date ('Fable', 2022); music fuelled by the simmering collective anxiety of an ephemeral and chaotic world, but held together by a palpable sense of gratitude and joy. The essence of their songcraft is that good things (strange and remarkable things, too) can come out of bad times or uncomfortable situations.
★★★★★
Rock'n'Reel (R2) Magazine
'Bold and different.'
The Guardian
'Hypnotically attractive... edges on the experimental... fascinating music.'
At The Barrier
'Unique and varied... original and uncompromising. Elliott is like a downbeat Paul McCartney or Nick Cave with a penchant for synth-folk.'
KLOF Magazine
https://www.thelittleunsaid.com
The Wilderness 荒野 Sessions in association with Laughing Dog Music.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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