Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Sell out warning! Simultaneously timeless and ultra-contemporary, eight-piece collective caroline amalgamate post-rock, midwest emo, earthy folk and minimalist drone until you’re falling upwards through a pastoral vortex. Simply put, this will be epic FFO: Phil Elverum, Slint if they were more triumphant, Still House Plants, Broken Social Scene, sweeping and weeping. "
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A gig held at The Trinity Centre on Saturday 31st May. The event starts at 19:30.
caroline • www.instagram.com/carolinetheband
Returning with 'caroline 2', the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut's explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the new album pushes further into dynamic contrasts — organic and electronic, raw and refined. Launched with the striking single ‘Tell me I never knew that’, featuring Caroline Polachek’s unmistakable vocals, caroline 2 showcases a fearless interplay of layered instrumentation, warped vocal processing, and moments of both euphoria and melancholy. Intentional and immersive, this next chapter solidifies caroline as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary music. Catch their powerful live show on tour.
Support from Crosspiece.
Theodora Laird is a vocalist and multidisciplinary artist. Releases under her solo project ‘feeo’ have received critical acclaim. Theodora’s practice has involved in tandem with an interest in situating narratives within freely improvised music, specifically through frequent involvement in the GRAIN residency.
Caius Williams is a musician working within experimental and improvised music. He has a collaborative duo with Theodora Laird (‘Crosspiece’), solo projects working with both double bass and baritone guitar, has played bass in Lifetones (a project of Charles Bullen of This Heat), and plays baritone guitar in Theodora’s project ‘feeo’. Caius also regularly works with many of London’s notable improvisers, including Steve Noble, Tara Cunningham, Maggie Nicols, Tom Challenger, Mark Sanders, and others.
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14+ event (14-17s must be accompanied by an adult)
Presented by DM Generation.
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DM events • www.linktr.ee/dm.online
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Returning with 'caroline 2', the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut's explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the new album pushes further into dynamic contrasts — organic and electronic, raw and refined. Launched with the striking single ‘Tell me I never knew that’, featuring Caroline Polachek’s unmistakable vocals, caroline 2 showcases a fearless interplay of layered instrumentation, warped vocal processing, and moments of both euphoria and melancholy. Intentional and immersive, this next chapter solidifies caroline as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary music. Catch their powerful live show on tour.
Support from Crosspiece.
Theodora Laird is a vocalist and multidisciplinary artist. Releases under her solo project ‘feeo’ have received critical acclaim. Theodora’s practice has involved in tandem with an interest in situating narratives within freely improvised music, specifically through frequent involvement in the GRAIN residency.
Caius Williams is a musician working within experimental and improvised music. He has a collaborative duo with Theodora Laird (‘Crosspiece’), solo projects working with both double bass and baritone guitar, has played bass in Lifetones (a project of Charles Bullen of This Heat), and plays baritone guitar in Theodora’s project ‘feeo’. Caius also regularly works with many of London’s notable improvisers, including Steve Noble, Tara Cunningham, Maggie Nicols, Tom Challenger, Mark Sanders, and others.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
14+ event (14-17s must be accompanied by an adult)
Presented by DM Generation.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
DM events • www.linktr.ee/dm.online
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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