In the early 90's, in a back street garage somewhere in Bristol, Simon, Hugo, Wayne and founding member Dave Spencer would jam for hours and then retire to Simons house for tea and smoke until we could barely communicate. These were happy days and we really didn't give a fuck about anything other than getting in that garage, away from the scum outside, and turning those amps up to 11. Happy days don't last and paranoia set in. Dave left and then there were three. After some unsuccessful attempts to find a like minded soul, we were introduced to The Rock Prof. Paul was the missing piece in our puzzle. We put out our first 7", 'quad' in '94 and met up with Simon Keeler. He was much more than a label manager and he became our man/nanny. He put up with a lot of shit and I don't think he ever realised how grateful we were. We certainly didn't tell him. All we really wanted to do is play and make a racket. Putting records out would be great but surely no ones gonna buy this shit, we thought. Trying to get us to play gigs made his hair fall out. 12 years later we are still putting records out and still finding it strange that people buy them and come to our rare gigs. Although rare the buzz from playing live still keeps us going especially since adding our own psyche lightshow powered by the masterful Lost Johnny.
Friday July 11th The Louisiana, Bristol 7.30pm £7.00 advance
The Secret Garden present a night of shoegazing introspection with The Flowers Of Hell (www.myspace.com/flowersofhell), Rumskib from Denmark (www.myspace.com/rumskib) and Presents For Sally playing their debut gig!(www.myspace.com/presentsforsally). Classic shoegaze DJ set from mePlusYOU.
The Flowers Of Hell www.myspace.com/flowersofhell
This highly acclaimed Toronto/London based group create blissed out instrumental music reminiscent of the late Spacemen 3/early Spiritualized period. Described as "classical music for shoegazers" they combine swirling guitars and violins which envelop the listener totally. Their second LP "Come Hell Or High Water" is out later this year.
Rumskib www.myspace.com/rumskib
This Danish duo are over on a mini tour of the UK so catch them while you can. They layer crystalline guitars, synthesisers and sugar sweet vocals for the perfect dreampop experience. Their blurred shoegaze sound can be compared to Lush and My Bloody Valentine at times with just a dash of Ulrich. Yum.
Presents For Sally www.myspace.com/presentsforsally
As featured on Invada's "The Secret Garden" compilation. This is West country based PFS's debut gig and we're really excited. Their sound touches on the finest moments of Ride and Slowdive whilst pushing the limits of the genre. Dreamy, epic and emotional this first ever live appearance will be a special experience.
HELLO THE HEADS, THANKS FOR THE ADD !!!! I SPENT A VERY NICE TIME IN YOUR SPACE. THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL MUSICAL TRIP. SEE YOU SOON. CHEERS. MOLECULE. (paris)
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