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Thu 22nd The Luminaire presents VIKING MOSES + Adam Lipman + The End Springs + George Thomas & The Owls + Joker's Daughter
Doors 7.30 Raw, howling folk and intimate, intriguing story-telling. Viking Moses is music as seen through the lens of Brendon Massei’s truly nomadic life. Many musicians adopt a bohemian persona to fit their music, but Viking Moses is the real deal. Brendon has released banjo and acoustic guitar albums under several names. Perpetually on tour (since 1996), he has played with Will Oldham, Cat Power, Songs: Ohia and Devendra Banhart, to name a few, yet his body of work has received little commercial or critical attention. His newest full-length under the Viking Moses moniker, the story-song cycle 'Crosses', is by far his most accomplished work, and ranks among the best of the newest crop of American folk recordings. For anyone who has seen Massei perform live, the delicate mood of 'Crosses' may come as a bit of a surprise. While a Viking Moses show often finds Massei on his knees wailing like a man possessed, 'Crosses' consists of nothing more than a softly picked nylon-string acoustic guitar, a bass, and some piano flourishes, with Massei's trademark baritone rarely reaching its cathartic heights. For that particular treat, you need to come tonight, when he'll be playing songs from his due-in-the-Spring album 'The Parts That Showed', on Pop Tones. Before that, we've Adam Lipman, who sings in hushed tones with an unexpected youthful solemnity. The closest comparison would be with Owen Ashworth of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, though his barebones lo-fi songs also recall the earnestness of early Mountain Goats. His latest record features stellar songwriting and includes lots of session work by members of Quem Quaeritis and Aum Rifle plus vocals by Larkinn Grimm and Hazey Jane. This is folk music twisted and warped by an optimistic tropicalism and is unlike any record you’ve ever heard. The End Springs spins six-string patterns like spider webs, all quiet bossa-nova wanderings and neo-Fahey dusty landscapes, spruced with poignant sunrise/sunset delay and subtle sampled naturalism. Total tranquility base. This is the debut London solo show for George Thomas & The Owls, coinciding with the release of his first album 'Concert for Two Bicycles' through Red Deer Club on the 19th of March. A unique songwriter and live performer of rare and shambolic charm, he has been variously likened to Andy Kaufman, Leonard Cohen, and 'Simon and Garfunkel on Ketamine'.
Opening is Joker's Daughter who plays a solo acoustic set from her electro folk collection of dark, quirky songs. She has collaborated with the likes of Danger Mouse and Sparkelhorse. If you're lucky, she may even sing a tune in Greek with the accompaniment of her bouzouki.
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