SYD ARTHUR

Music |
20th September 2014

Syd Arthur are a quartet of Canterbury-based devotees of sound immersed in the simple pleasures of songwriting, performance and exploratory musical interplay.

On their debut album proper, On and On (released 2nd July) they seamlessly mix bucolic, retro reveries, devastating blasts of precision controlled riffing, sweeping folk, fleet-fingered mandolin work and a musical vocabulary that’s as fluently conversant with world music as it is the time signature twists of Soft Machine.

Greatly inspired by the sonic pioneers of the late 60s and early 70s, they have patiently learned how to engineer, produce and mix themselves, using an innovative hybrid of analogue and digital techniques. Naturally, in 2009, Wicker Studios, their own studio space was created, followed by their record label, Dawn Chorus Recording Company. Syd Arthur may revel in the music of decades long past but, as psychedelic rock goes, they match the hallucinogenic sounds of modern contemporarieslike Wolf People, Black Mountain, Tame Impala, even Making Dens era Mystery Jets – with imaginative, whimsically sweet, melodies.

+ support from Barrow based acoustick folk duo Paper Cranes

Paper Cranes are making a name for themselves with some major gigs and recording slots on BBC Introducing last year and this year's Kendal Calling

www.paper-cranes.co.uk

 

click here to visit Syd Arthur's website

Venue: Malt Room – standing
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

DATES & TIMES

20th September 2014

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