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"The Brackish carve chaos with an audacious precision, their sweltering live sets and boggling assemblage of stylistic strands rejecting all psych rock conventions. Fantastic Stranger channel raw sax fury, merging post-rock, trip-hop, and jazz into a blistering improv maelstrom. A mould-breaking double bill FFO: Can, Captain Beefheart, Ornette Colman, And So I Watch You From Afar. "
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A gig held at The Old England Pub on Friday 6th June. The event starts at 19:00.
Erratic Batting Presents.. A Night of Angular, Post-Punky-Math-Jazzy Brilliance!
⎆ The Brackish
⎆ Fantastic Stranger
⎆ Erratic Batting DJs
Friday 6th June 2025
The Old England, Montpelier
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Psychedelic vanguards and misfit maestros of Bristol's BLOOM music collective,
THE BRACKISH are an audacious all-star assembly of guitarists Luke Cawthra
(Phantom LimbThe Naim Label) and Neil Smith (This Is The Kit – Rough Trade),
drummer Matt Jones (ZunZun Egui – Bella Union) and Port Erin bassist, Jacob
Tyghe.
Their debut album, 2014's Big Guys (Lava Thief), righteously filled a
kaleidoscopic void in instrumental music and along with 2016's follow up album,
Liquid Of Choice (Bad Elephant Music), the band gained an infamous reputation
for their awe-inspiring live shows across the European and UK art rock scene,
including the La Ferme Électrique and ArcTanGent festivals.
--
Fantastic Stranger is an explosive Sax Trio, boasting ferocious riffs and tender melodies
with a hefty dose of improvisation. Fittingly under the ever- expanding umbrella of UK
jazz, Fantastic Stranger aren’t afraid to get their feet wet, stepping out into post- rock,
trip- hop and everything in between. Ollie Grant’s (drums) original compositions are
complemented by the versatility of Dave Colebourn on saxophone and Zach Bartlett on
bass.
--
Erratic Batting DJs
Vinyl musak spanning cumbia, jazz, post-punk, afro-funk, electronica, dancehall, Turkish Psych and whatever else makes it into the bag.
--
Keep it erratic: linktr.ee/ErraticBatting
Entry requirements: 18+
⎆ The Brackish
⎆ Fantastic Stranger
⎆ Erratic Batting DJs
Friday 6th June 2025
The Old England, Montpelier
--
Psychedelic vanguards and misfit maestros of Bristol's BLOOM music collective,
THE BRACKISH are an audacious all-star assembly of guitarists Luke Cawthra
(Phantom LimbThe Naim Label) and Neil Smith (This Is The Kit – Rough Trade),
drummer Matt Jones (ZunZun Egui – Bella Union) and Port Erin bassist, Jacob
Tyghe.
Their debut album, 2014's Big Guys (Lava Thief), righteously filled a
kaleidoscopic void in instrumental music and along with 2016's follow up album,
Liquid Of Choice (Bad Elephant Music), the band gained an infamous reputation
for their awe-inspiring live shows across the European and UK art rock scene,
including the La Ferme Électrique and ArcTanGent festivals.
--
Fantastic Stranger is an explosive Sax Trio, boasting ferocious riffs and tender melodies
with a hefty dose of improvisation. Fittingly under the ever- expanding umbrella of UK
jazz, Fantastic Stranger aren’t afraid to get their feet wet, stepping out into post- rock,
trip- hop and everything in between. Ollie Grant’s (drums) original compositions are
complemented by the versatility of Dave Colebourn on saxophone and Zach Bartlett on
bass.
--
Erratic Batting DJs
Vinyl musak spanning cumbia, jazz, post-punk, afro-funk, electronica, dancehall, Turkish Psych and whatever else makes it into the bag.
--
Keep it erratic: linktr.ee/ErraticBatting
Entry requirements: 18+
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