FANFARLO + Southern Tenant Folk Union + The Zetland Players + Scroobius Pip

Wed 24th Jan 2007

Ugly Nephew Records presents
FANFARLO
+ Southern Tenant Folk Union
+ The Zetland Players
+ Scroobius Pip

Doors 7.30
£5 via WeGotTickets

2006 was a busy year for Fanfarlo.
They signed to Fortuna Pop, played all over London and hit the #1 spot on the BBC 6 vinyl charts with their perfectly crafted single ‘Talking Backwards’. And signs are that Fanfarlo are only just getting warmed up.
Critics have compared them to Neutral Milk Hotel, Sparklehorse, Grandaddy, World Party, Pavement, and The Arcade Fire but in reality their sound rises gracefully above comparison. Fanfarlo is sure to be a name you’ll be hearing all over the place, so come experience their heart-wrenchingly bittersweet indie-pop melodies before everyone else does.

Main support, Southern Tenant Folk Union , will be playing through their eponymous debut; harmony singing, banjo picking, mandolin chopping and fiddle sawing will be the order of the night as London’s newest bluegrass sensations combine acoustic savagery with sacred-harp vocals into a high-octane review of up tempo ass-kickers and mountain ballad laments.
While the band’s anchor Pat McGarvey brings with him a southern aesthetic cultivated through his years with The Coal Porters, newcomer Oliver Talkes mournful vocals are sure to linger in the audiences’ heart for days after.M

Before that we've Zetland Players who're fresh from a “skin of their yellow country teeth” tour of America, and aren't going to set any records for being conventional.
A three-piece act featuring a full-size double-bass, lyrics revolving around lucid daydreams and domesticated wildlife, a penchant for early-'90s sitcom themes and a beat you could wash clothes to, the Zetlands are bound to surprise and inevitably entertaining. Their baroque yet minimal debut ‘Making Friends With The Zetland Players’ is sure to be a gateway drug to acoustic insanity for years to come!

First on, Scroobius Pip spent all of 2006 on the loosely-defined amalgamation of impromptu performances and a diligent schedule of live dates that was the “Relying on the Kindness of Strangers” tour.
The bandwagon looks to keep rolling as Pip continues to display an incredible work ethic and the uncanny ability to make cockney rapping sound actually quite cool.
Add in Pip’s classy beats from Dan Le Sac or Emonomy and you’ve got an intellectual hip-hop force to be reckoned with.

In addition to what are sure to be a stellar performances all round, Ugly Nephew Records are launching two new albums, so come take advantage of the special discount prices on brilliant new music. Band's start at 8.00.

More info at Ugly Nephew Records

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