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Wed 16th The Luminaire presents AIDAN JOHN MOFFAT + George Pringle
Doors 7.30 Aidan Moffat, hirsute frontman of sadly missed Falkirk outfit Arab Strap, may have taken his time returning to London with new material, but given the response to his new solo album, it seems the wait is going to be worth it. Aidan's critically acclaimed new release 'I Can Hear Your Heart' is part solo album, part spoken word project, part audio book and has already been heralded as a landmark release from a bold, uncompromising talent. Those of you familiar with Aidan's work with The Strap will already know of his flair for a provocative, voyeuristic lyric or ten, so it should come as no surprise that the subject matter explored in 'I Can Hear Your Heart' is rooted firmly in the more shadowy recesses of the social/sexual spectrum. Moffat himself cites Ivor Cutler and William Burroughs as inspirations for making his first spoken word album, but there are things in there that could make Charles Bukowski blush in fact, compared to Arab Strap’s famously frank lyrics, 'I Can Hear Your Heart' is astonishingly raw: "I did actually blush a couple of times the last time I listened to it, but it’s really the thoughts and mistakes of a different man, a younger and idiotic me that has thankfully since grown up, so I find that I can just laugh at myself.” Decide for yourself at one of only two shows Aidan has scheduled this year so far. He'll be performing material from 'I Can Hear Your Heart' in addition to some tracks from his up-coming 'Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs' project, backed up on guitar by Alun Woodward (Chemikal Underground colleague and ex-Delgados frontman). Praise for 'I Can Hear Your Heart': "A stupendous album...one of Britain's greatest lyricists." - The Sunday Times (CD Of The Week) [5/5] "A startling and beautiful art package." Observer Music Monthly [4/5] "Captures the highs and lows of carnal pleasures with Wildean wit and sass...the spokesman for a generation of romantic degenerates." - Independent On Sunday "A beautiful flower growing out of the filth." - NME [8/10] "Buoyed up with powerful humanity, warnth and wit...highly recommended." - Word "An album of astonishing frankness and unimpeachable ambition...inspired punchlines and masterful storytelling...certain to be 08's most intimate album, and an early contender for its best." - Rocksound [9/10] Main support, George Pringle - with her Warholian social comment and homespun lo-fi electro - has marked herself as a truly modern artist (in all senses of the word), capable of muddling Ab Fab'ish humour with a smidgen of Patrick Wolf's odd-ball exploration and glints of Jarvis-like poignancy. What the critics say: “(Carte Postale) has huge gravitas as a touching tale of when you try to conceal your very core beneath bullshit image changes just to hide the creeping loneliness. Single of the winter?” – NME "It's diffident. Its smart. I like it a whole bunch." - Everett True PLAN B 'Single Of The Month' "Crown princess of blogtronica... like if Mike Skinner was a girl with a fine art degree." - MIXMAG “Upper-crust to the marrow, she is almost punk rock in her refusal to be anything other then herself… Pringle is coming.” – GUARDIAN “Starting out by creating her own genre, George continues to keep things unique” – iD “Watch this latest Myspace phenomenon… She’s dead funny and brilliantly self-aware.” – TIME OUT “Weird but rather wonderfully posh electro” – THE SUNDAY TIMES |
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