Autumn Sacrarium: Abrasive Trees + Gravity Machine Double Headliner
ABRASIVE TREES
Described as ‘utterly enticing’ by Louder Than War and ‘a transcendent experience of euphoric dissonance’ by Post-Punk.com Abrasive Trees take their name from a Buddhist description of a hallucination-like nightmare realm.
Led by Matthew Rochford (Silver Moth) and including Jay Newton Will Tyler Jessica Wooller and Georgia Swallow the band display a willingness to experiment alongside a sound that sits loosely within a post-punk post-rock noise or even prog aesthetic. Exploring themes of loss turmoil and spiritual realisation they use a combination of distorted and reverb-drenched guitars intricate melodies and driving drum beats to create a sense of atmosphere and intensity. When they use lyrics they’re often cryptic and evocative painting vivid pictures of complex emotional landscapes.
After several releases lauded by Echoes and Dust Aural Aggravation The Big Takeover and BBC Introducing the band are preparing to release their much-anticipated debut studio album.
Abrasive Trees weave fierce threads of sound into something both haunting and transcendent. On stage they summon a raw immersive energy—each performance a spellbinding journey into the unknown.
“An evocative and mysteriously poetic Godspeed dark energy that is utterly enticing”
Louder Than War
"Colossal...explodes into a monumental extended climax that’s absolutely killer"
Aural Aggravation
GRAVITY MACHINE
Pulling together a huge tapestry of influences from world music through desert landscapes heavy rock folk to electronica to the sounds of their own home in South West England Dartmoor-based Gravity Machine released their debut single “Dreamtime” in December 2019 followed by their album “Red” (released in March 2020) produced by Pete Miles at Middle Farm Studios in Devon. Since then the collective have released multiple singles all leading to the forthcoming second album.
Led by Niall Parker the band draw on the talents of many luminaries of the Devon music scene including Harry Duns Yunala and Flo Fields. The collective operates under a commitment to free expression and artistic integrity foremost.
“This may be a result of the collision of William Orbit and Peter Gabriel influences…beautiful”
TPA
“Something quite fantastic…powerful…gritty”
The Prog Mind
+ ASHEN SKY (premiere)
The event sees the premiere of this ambient drone soundtrack created by Matthew Rochford and Niall Parker in collaboration with Rothko Kerry Hope Jay Newton Ben Roberts Katie Whitehouse and others.
