Neil Young and that Tom Waits fellar. The Lemonheads and that Sparklehorse type. Pavement and those Sebadoh buggers. Mr Gram Parsons and the John Prine and the Bob Dylan and the Grandpa Jones and the Roy Hogsed and the Neutral Milk Hotel and the Hefner and the Smog and the Jules Hatfield and the Silver Jews and the shit:
Sounds Like
"strange noises and weird spun out moments of quiet noise... "
'I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got' EP is available for order. So please do. I'm really quite happy with it. You can order by clicking on the Pox image below which will take you to our lovely friends at Audio Antihero.
All their lovely prices include postage, which is nice.
Thank you. ----------------------------------
Born to soiled genes and a small northern town playing second fiddle to the despair-Mecca of Blackpool, life was never going to be all beer and skittles.
After a period of particular awfulness and a short descent into madness, Benjamin Shaw awoke sober one lunchtime, to find himself happily married and living in Melbourne, Australia. So with steps full of spring and a newly gained ‘can-do’ spirit, the happy couple seized the day and followed their hearts up the river of golden dreams, all the way to a tiny, grey, one-bedroom flat in North London.
Lurching from one disastrous Customer Service job to the next, and each day turning to nought but filth, there was one of two paths Shaw could take to escape – either write the next great British novel, boldly staking claim to all that is good and pure in the land; or buy a pushbike and pedal himself into oncoming traffic. Luckily, Shaw had neither talent nor bicycle clips, and instead sat in bars and wrote songs.
’I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got’ is six and a half songs of nausea, noise, love, desperation, hope and hilarious anecdote.
With passions for Sparklehorse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Young and Waits; and combining abstract storytelling with fiery musical cluster bombs, Benjamin Shaw has given us a beautifully bitter debut that boasts both fragile innocence and homicidal fantasy - an unforgettable and purifying experience. Get the Pox.
Press:
“as good as Bill Smog and that Palace Brothers guy.” Nic Dalton, Lemonheads
“I just listened to I Got the Pox...it was as magnificent at the end of the 3rd listen as it was at the start of the first.” Jack Hayter, Hefner
“slightly unpleasant … it’s the deal of the century” Audio Democracy
“All I really remembered was him playing tuning pipes as a mouth organ.” Theo Graham-Brown, Pocus Whiteface
This "poster" is really cool, so don't worry. Your french is not so bad. One day you really need to come in Lille for a gig, tell me when you're in the corner :) ! See you & Hope you're fine ! All best.
NEW HEAVY SOUNDS - A club night for those not afraid of aural assault!
A new night of heavy live sounds and DJs to match in a new venue as dark and loud as necsary.
Next NHS features the mighty FRAFF and it's on SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER.
Following the storming first night of New Heavy Sounds in September (with the marvellous BO-NINGEN headlining), we're super excited about the next NHS night, with zombie-baiting wonders CHICKENHAWK supported by the brilliant heavy garage of BAD FOR LAZARUS, the tight'n'heavy FRAFF and Cardiff's great STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR.
DJs include IGOR VOLK (NYPC / Diesel:U:Music Radio rock show) + STU PLIMSOLES. Visuals courtesy of image meister the k e r n s.
From Rock to Extreme Noise, Hardcore to Acid Rock, Grunge to Doom, Garage Rock to Stoner ie anything that is extreme rock'n'roll!!!
Ha ha, yes I was indeed the 'busker with change' character. Your lyric "...picturing your limbs in a freezer" is still making me chuckle. Take care, David.
