SATURDAY 19th July 2008
Times : 7pm
Tickets : £8
The Local Presents.......
Part of Points Of The Compass: Four nights in four parts of London.
Trembling Bells
Dream team of Directing Hand's Alex Neilson and Lavinia Blackwall complemented by Neilson's Motor Ghost partner Ben Reynolds and sometime member Simon Shaw, playing delirious volk that creates synergy between the skyscraping fancy of Neilson's frantic free drumming and Blackwall's Patty Waters inspired classical caterwauling, and three/four sets of heels firmly dug into the British folk tradition. This will beggar belief, so we suggest you do not miss it.
Hush Arbors
Hush Arbors - age unknown, no fixed address - the solo work may challenge what you might expect from a man with friends in such high, low and in between places. His perfectly moniker-ed band name may rightfully suggest tunes that often sound like a peaceful sort of secret. Sweet and delicate songs featuring Wood's unmistakable voice - equal parts Neil Young and Al Wilson - and adept fingerpicking occasionally give way to monstrous 'where-the-fuck-did-that-come-from' moments of visceral psychedelic damage.
Just as comfortable wringing deadly screaming leads from his guitar as he is coaxing gentle modern day country hymns to catatonia from it, Wood is, first and foremost, a songwriter in the traditional sense. His songs will feel right at home during nights of quiet debauchery, as well as during those shame-filled mo(u)rnings after. Keith is an increasingly vital artist who is sure to continue defying expectations and carving out a well-deserved place among the psych folk elite as long as he chooses to run.
Left With Pictures
"Beyond brilliant...a band I fell in love with from the first myspace listen"
" Left With Pictures are the closest imaginable band to truly embodying that overused 'ensemble' tag convincingly... they have legs enough for walking, swooning, harmonizing and lilting with the very best of their contemporaries."
Drowned in Sound
www.localism.org.uk
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