Seth Bennett, who plays the double bass and the accordion, and Sarah McWatt, who plays the flute and the accordion.
Influences
Satie, Charlie Haden, Joelle Leandre, Dancing, Debussy, Rouselle, British Folk Music, Charles Mingus, Eating, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Stravinsky, Gorecki, Yann Tiersen, Drinking, Kurt Vonnegut, Arvo Part, Maumoniat's Samosas, Mike Watt, Muesli flapjacks from Beano's, Sitting Around, Tea (but only Seth, Sarah is a fizzy pop woman), Town and Country, The Rachel's, Gastr'del Sol
Sounds Like
French Impressionism, Sea Shanties and Expressionism
We are a duo. We play double bass, flute and several accordions. We are D.I.Y., and we love playing gigs. Invite us, we are nice and all we ask is what you can give us off the door. We smell good and are polite, even when drunk. We've been going for three and half years, and we've just released our debut album; the vinyl is on Lancashire and Somerset Records of Liverpool (www.lancashireandsomerset.co.uk), and the CD version, which is going to follow shortly, will be on Singing Knives Records of Sheffield. Whenever the size of the room and the raucousness of the audience allows, we prefer to play completely acoustically, i.e. not even through the p.a. It used to be in our manifesto, but sometimes we've been defeated by a too large room or too much audience noise. Acoustic is best though - more musical! We like Debussy, Satie, Sea Shanties, British folk music, Charlie Haden, Arvo Part, things of that ilk. People say our songs are really sad, but we do not think so. Maybe we are really depressed. One of us, Seth, lives in Leeds UK, and the other, Sarah, lives in Liverpool, UK. Sarah also plays in the band Like A Kind of Matador, but we do not sound like them. Seth plays in a band called 7 Hertz, but we do not sound like them either.
Hi, hope you're both well. I'm obsessed with your cd at the moment... just can't stop listening to it! The next Gung Ho's on the 18th of April. Keep in touch - Emma xx
Sunday March 8th - Royal Standard - Liverpool 7pm start - £5
ZOMES/ KOGUMAZA / DEEP SEA DUMPING Hailing from Baltimore on Portland's Holy Mountain label, featuring Asa Osborne of Lungfish/pupils fame. Zomes create cinamatic, cyclic guitar based medatitive explorations. Dont miss!
KOGUMAZA Spiritual guitar fuzz and murk. Folks from Wolves Of Greece, Lords, Bob Tilton.
DEEP SEA DUMPING bass heavy drones release northern drug inspired chants
+ an exhibtion of photography by David Smyth for the launch of ' Said the Black & White Cat' fanzeen.
Wavves Straight outta California on their first ever tour. You’ll feel like a frisky 19 year at some awesome beach party as their blown-out, catchy as hell pop washes into your ears. Touring as a duo, but really the brainchild of some 22 year old, you’ll find Wavves records out on De Stijl, Tic Tac Totally and Woodsist. There’s some Doo Wop, JAMC, No Age stuff going on here. Pens Three young girls outta London, who have a real knack for writing total tunes. On tour with Wavves, they also have an LP coming out the on De Stijl in the US following a sold out tape and 7″. Easily one of the best new UK bands. Mazes So the new crop of UK bands are here, fitting with all the killer stuff coming out of America right now and these kids have gone and written some of the best songs of the whole bunch. As well as all that stuff and some Pavement, they’ve also got an ear open to the likes of Swell Maps and Television Personalities. From Manchester, this will be their first show. Hipshakes Fastest, trashest band you’ll ever see. From their chaotic live show, you’ll just make out some real snappy pop gems under their tinnitus triggering wall of guitar noise. Just out of their teens and have already released an LP - with a 2nd on the way and 8 7″ singles, one on the Black Lips own label, another on an Oblivians Goner imprint - yeah they’re a Garage Punk band!
SAT 28TH FEB. AT THE FENTON, LEEDS. DOORS 7.30PM. ENTRY IS FIVE POUNDS
McWatt are a Leeds/Liverpool duo using double bass, flute and accordians to make music inspired by Debussy/sea shanties/Charles Mingus and sad folk music. Members of Solanki, Like A Kind Of Matador, 7 Hertz and much more.
Releases on some wonderful UK labels such as Lancashire and Somerset and Singing Knives!!
Also playing will be Burnst's guitarist Daniel Bridgewood Hill (or dbh) who'll be performing acoustic instrumentals like Nick Drake or Dave Pajo might... Beautiful and technical guitar jibberish that will make you wet your pants with jelousy. Don't miss!
Soramimis is the nom de plume of Nick Mitchell (Golden Lab Records/Beach Fuzz/Eye Hai). Last time I saw him play he was gliding frantically over a heavily effected lap steel in a basement in Victoria Park and making some seriously beautiful sounds. Expect head down blasts of colourful skreeeeee. Well good!
Starting the night off will be weirdo guitar improv from Irma Vep who likes to tune his guitar all to one note so that when he gets drunk enough he doesn't have to think about where to put his hands...
Friday 28th November THE HORSE LOOM - Steve Malley from the North East's excellent Unit Ama playing acoustic with nods to Bert Jansch, John Fahey and John Martyn. As seen at Dan Higgs and Family Elan gigs. http://www. myspace. com/horseloom
7 HERTZ - Seth's chamber/jazz/folk/improv ensemble rumble onwards! Recent album on Birdwar records and collaborations with These Monsters and David Thomas Broughton. Double bass/Violin/Accordion & probably much more http://www. myspace. com/the7hertzband
DARREN ADCOCK - a fixture in Manchester music scene over the last couple of years, from acoustic to noise and back again. This time its acoustic. Never fails to provide something unique for the occasion.
Upstairs at the Hare and Hounds, opposite Shudehill bus station. 5 minutes from Piccadilly Gardens or Victoria Station. four on the door, 8. 30 start
hey there guys.....thank you sooo much for coming over to manchester and playing your beautiful music. you were fantastic! hope you enjoyed the evening. we would love to have you back next year. sarah--hope your head ache was short-lived. Seth--hope you got home ok? big love from the hedgecrew x
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