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THURSDAY APRIL 12th // THURSDAY APRIL 12th //

Southern Lord's masters of brutal, cinematic post-metal...

One Inch Badge presents:

PELICAN

It seems fitting, upon listening to Pelican's music, that the band hails from Chicago. When Tortoise and their contemporaries ushered in a new wave of instrumental music over a decade ago it was a pastiche of genre-defying sound, simultaneously cohesive and expansive in influence. Similarly, Pelican's songs touch on so much from the canon of rock music.

When the quartet's first full length, Australasia, came out in late 2003, it was an experiment in crushing heaviness, albeit melodic and compositionally complex that set them apart from their contemporaries. The songs excelled in exploring layers: where there were glacier-thick walls of guitars, there were also shifts and nuances that gave the songs room to breathe. These nuances became even more pronounced on Pelican's 2005 sophomore album, The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw. Pegged early on as a “metal” band, it was with this second full length that it became apparent that this label was an oversimplification as the group had more in common with Slint and Hum than Slayer. With 2007’s City of Echoes yet another step in Pelican's evolution was unveiled. This new album showcased urgency, more twists and unexpected turns; songs with more of a lyrical feel. And as evidenced by the post-DC-punk influenced title track, the band's disparate influences were presented with increasing clarity as guitar dynamics and rhythmic interplay came out from behind the wall of sound that were evident on previous recordings.

This very special show from the behemoth that is PELICAN is not to be missed.

+ Blackstorm

Blackstorm are five musicians playing the heaviest of rock music.

Deftly combining elements of drone, stoner, down-tuned sludge with classic rock and the vitality of hardcore and punk, Blackstorm combines crushingly heavy, catchy-ashell riffs with juggernaut proportioned rhythmic grooves and killer hook laden vocals.

+ Sea Bastard

Sea Bastard are a doom band from Brighton on the south coast of the UK formed in July 2011 from the ashes of two Brighton doom bands, Jovian and Funeral Hag and their sound is a fusion of the two bands’ styles; the uncompromising lethargy of Jovian meeting the groove of Funeral Hag.

THURSDAY 12th APRIL 2012

at The Haunt

10 Pool Valley Coach Station, Brighton, BN1 1NJ

£12.50 advance // 7:00pm

14+ BRING PHOTO ID!

TICKETS: http://www.seetickets.com/Event/PELICAN/The-Haunt-Brighton/601592 // http://www.wegottickets.com/event/142736 // www.ticketweb.co.uk // www.gigantic.com // Resident Music (01273 606312) // Rounder Records (01273 325440)

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