Upset The Rhythm bring you their 'Summer Shop Window', a label showcase at London's Scala on August 14th, featuring a UK exclusive performance from John Maus as well as special sets from both Peepholes and The Pheromoans, who both have forthcoming releases on UTR this Autumn.
Upset The Rhythm's
SUMMER SHOP WINDOW featuring…
JOHN MAUS
PEEPHOLES
THE PHEROMOANS
TRASH KIT vs DESIGN A WAVE DJs
Tuesday 14 August
Scala, 275-277 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N1 9NL
7pm | £10.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/174575
JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesisers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines provide the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager's wall. It's this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John's music. It's a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus and his electrifying live performance. John Maus' new album 'We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves' was released last year on Upset The Rhythm to rave reviews and rabid acclaim.
http://www.myspace.com/johnmaus
PEEPHOLES are Katia Barrett (drums, vocals) and Nick Carlisle (keyboards). The Brighton / London duo formed in 2006 after bonding over a Chinese violin and the quietest of music. Pretty soon they turned the volume up and hit on their winning strategy of soaring, stammering synth lines, tribalised drumming and low-slung vocals. Walking a tightrope between underground punk and dance music, Peepholes write cloaked anthems as likely to open celestial gates with keys of repetition as to soundtrack a slow motion fairground accident. Their sound is otherworldly, aching with wild beats, echoing with cavernous atmospheres.Their split 12" and mini-album ‘Caligula’ are both available now through Upset The Rhythm.
http://wearepeepholes.co.uk/
THE PHEROMOANS are a six piece experimental rock band from the South East of England who deal in a deadpan DIY music. Wedded to the mundane, surreal reportage of our lives as reflected in the media, their music manages to address the truly restless boredom of everyday life. These are songs for the back of the queue, songs from underneath the ergonomic desk, a glimpse through the commuter window, blasted through with brilliant suburban sunshine. Over the last three years the band have released a slew of releases, including numerous EPs, 7”s and three albums through labels as diverse as Night People, Convulsive, Sweet Rot, Monofonus Press and their own imprint Savoury Days. Forthcoming album, ‘Does This Guy Stack Up?’ (Upset The Rhythm) witnesses a slight departure from their sound of old, their songs leaning into a more pop-balanced realm, with the band’s experimental tape collage approach sounding more natural than ever.
http://thepheromoans.blogspot.co.uk/
