Get ready for a night of electrifying music at Paper Dress Vintage! Join us for a live performance by the legendary Cult Figures and the sensational Micko & The Mellotronics. It's going to be a night to remember, filled with great tunes and good vibes. Don't miss out on this epic event!
DJ Worth Wagers playing 60’s psychedelic pop with 70’s inflections !
Originally birthed in the Midlands but now London based, post-punks Cult Figures released 2 classic singles on the Swell Maps Rather Records label in '79 and '80. Then they split up.
Now they're back with brand new music - the critically acclaimed Deritend (2021) & 2022’s Between Us & Heaven gained national radio play & are suffused with the band’s knack of combining intelligent punk-pop, harmonies to die for & an unwavering desire to experiment both musically and lyrically.
The current band features original guitarist Jon Hodgson, bassist Lee McFadden and drummer Stuart Hilton joined by new members Steve May (guitar) & Fraser Gillespie (lead vocals) who took over from co-founding singer Gary Jones, who tragically lost his life in 2022
"…..a slick sixties-suffused punk pop set of Keith Moon tubthumping and Carnaby Street crooning." - The Idler (Stewart Lee)
"… ..their ability to pen an infectious tune, one full of groove, swagger and killer riffs has only increased. And then some…" - Dancing About Architecture)
"The trick is that they still have great songs and the melodies are strong and catchy, while the lyrics and arrangements reflect their desire to remain different." - (Fear And Loathing)
The Mellotronics formed in 2017 with the intention of turning Micko Westmoreland’s songwriting skills into a dynamic live prospect, and released their debut album 1/2 Dove 1/2 Pigeon in 2020. The new incarnation of The Mellotronics sees Micko’s rabble-rousing vocals and spiky, agitational guitar work augmented perfectly by the crack squad of drummer Jan Noble and Budge Magraw on bass (both previously from The Cesarians). Paul Cuddeford (Boomtown Rats) moonlights when in town.
Since then they’ve been busy cutting their teeth with a series of shows around the capital and beyond, making return visits to the 100 Club in Oxford Street and earning multiple requests for support slots from acts as established as Evan Dando (Lemonheads), David Devant & His Spirit Wife, Blue Orchids, Sheep on Drugs, The Television Personalities and The Monochrome Set. Bringing a new dimension of sharp and economic post-punk/new wave attitude to the diverse Westmoreland songbook, they’ve been already been favourably compared to The Jam, Pil, Wire, XTC and Pulp as well as the mean, lean but undeniably powerful sound of Idles or Shame.
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