CHERRY GHOST + Polytechnic + Channel One

Tue 27th Feb 2007

Live Nation presents
CHERRY GHOST
+ Polytechnic
+ Channel One

Doors 7.30
£7 advance here
£8.50 door

Emerging from the wreckage of several acclaimed local bands, Simon Aldred said bye to the back of a van and his hairy-arsed band, locked himself in a room and brushed up his production skills to bring us the life affirming recordings of Cherry Ghost.

"Songs of staggering beauty, the best kept secret in Manchester." - City Life

Cherry Ghost’s songs are, given their bedroom birth and recording, remarkable. They shimmer and swell, echo not just the major influence of the Flaming Lips, but also touches of Bowie, Wilco and Mercury Rev, and have the potential to steal your heart as soon as you hear them. Put bluntly, a major talent has arrived.

Polytechnic came together as The Conversation in March 2005, playing to a packed house at the Academy 3 within days of forming. Since then the band have gigged around Manchester, earning a rapidly growing fanbase and a name for high-energy shows.

"With the lush falsetto tones of singer Dylan leading the way, the Polytechnic brand of lo-fi plucky jangles is as addictive as a bucketful of brightly-coloured candy hearts." - Carol Hodge, BBC Manchester

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