Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Manchester’s Wax Head crash into The Old E with gonzo garage-psych fury, unleashing tangled riffs, warped rhythms, and scorched vocals. They’re in great company with art-rock beasts The Scuttlers and their telepathic interplay, plus The Doomsday Orchestra's soundtrack to an alternate 80s future. FFO: Ty Segall, Osees, Battles, Still House Plants, Water From Your Eyes."
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A gig held at The Old England Pub on Friday 3rd October. The event starts at 19:30.
Extra Terrestrial Promotions and Velvet Echoes are excited to present in our opinion one of the most exciting Garage Rock / Acid Punk / Modern noise bands making their way into the UK Psych scene, this being WAX HEAD. Live from the Old England this is the perfect setting for this bands debut Bristol headline. Hold onto your hats, the wall of noise is coming for you. The show see's The Scuttlers and The Doomsday Orchestra offer their support to add different flavours of sound to your ears.
WAX HEAD
South-west born and Manchester-based, Wax Head are a four-piece careening through a world of garage rock squall, psych swirl, and sweat-slicked live shows. With drummer-vocalist Lewis Fletcher at the front and chaos at their heels, the band made up of Harry Bunker (guitar), Archie Jones (synth/keys), and Evan Chase (bass), channel noise, noise, and more noise into tightly wound songs that hit like a boot to the chest. Their latest single Terminal Sinker is a blistering mission statement: fast, loud, and deeply fed up.
THE SCUTTLERS
This band aren't actually a New York Jazz trio, but a 4 piece art rock band operating out of the colourful Bristol music scene. They have a unique and unpredictable stage performance that borders on performance art. The music itself has folk and jazz leanings and is partly improvised so no two shows are the same. Contrasting to their encapsulating live performance, their lyrics and riffs have darker tones of anxiety and paranoia.
Fun story - the first time we saw this band, the breaks between songs readings from the hungry caterpillar were bestowed upon the audience. This band will actually keep you guessing...
The Doomsday Orchestra
Describing their sound themselves as ‘post-apocalyptic pop’, The Doomsday Orchestra aim to create a soundtrack for ‘a world that ended in the 80s’. Influences from this time are evident in the overall style of ‘Papyrus’, from the punk-pop sound to the music video style, which channels vintage VHS visuals with a dystopian flair. This post-apocalyptic sound is crafted through the slightly distorted vocals, which create an almost eerie contrast when layered with the punchy and synthy instrumentation.
Entry requirements: 18+
WAX HEAD
South-west born and Manchester-based, Wax Head are a four-piece careening through a world of garage rock squall, psych swirl, and sweat-slicked live shows. With drummer-vocalist Lewis Fletcher at the front and chaos at their heels, the band made up of Harry Bunker (guitar), Archie Jones (synth/keys), and Evan Chase (bass), channel noise, noise, and more noise into tightly wound songs that hit like a boot to the chest. Their latest single Terminal Sinker is a blistering mission statement: fast, loud, and deeply fed up.
THE SCUTTLERS
This band aren't actually a New York Jazz trio, but a 4 piece art rock band operating out of the colourful Bristol music scene. They have a unique and unpredictable stage performance that borders on performance art. The music itself has folk and jazz leanings and is partly improvised so no two shows are the same. Contrasting to their encapsulating live performance, their lyrics and riffs have darker tones of anxiety and paranoia.
Fun story - the first time we saw this band, the breaks between songs readings from the hungry caterpillar were bestowed upon the audience. This band will actually keep you guessing...
The Doomsday Orchestra
Describing their sound themselves as ‘post-apocalyptic pop’, The Doomsday Orchestra aim to create a soundtrack for ‘a world that ended in the 80s’. Influences from this time are evident in the overall style of ‘Papyrus’, from the punk-pop sound to the music video style, which channels vintage VHS visuals with a dystopian flair. This post-apocalyptic sound is crafted through the slightly distorted vocals, which create an almost eerie contrast when layered with the punchy and synthy instrumentation.
Entry requirements: 18+
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