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Sons of Noel and Adrian Bristol show cancelled

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

The Sons of Noel and Adrian show at the Fleece on April 3rd has been cancelled at short notice, we’re going to try and find a replacement but it seems unlikely at this late stage. We recommend you travel to Cardiff for the show the day before if you’re dedicated! We’ll put you on the guestlist.

Sons of Noel and Adrian announce second album, “Knots”

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Knots

It’s finally here! The second album from Sons of Noel and Adrian will be released on May 21st, 2012. It is called Knots and it will be released on CD by Broken Sound (alongside Forest Fire, Peggy Sue, Rachael Dadd, The Mariner’s Children), digitally by Willkommen and on glorious gatefold vinyl by One Inch Badge. The CD is already available to preorder over at the Broken Sound shop. There’s a taster video of one of the tracks below.

If you’re an interested journalist then please contact Lauren Barely at Rarely Unable here.

The band’s sophomore album sees them breaking far away from the acoustic roots of their debut. Sons of Noel and Adrian’s immersion in folk music was always more informed by guitarists like Dave Pajo, David Grubbs and Jeff Parker than by traditionalists. These influences, rooted in the city of Chicago’s pre-millennial post-rock, jazz and avant-pop scenes, are explored on Knots to their fullest. At times soft and orchestral, at times crass and loud, Knots is always infused with beauty and tenderness: soulful, taunt, honed and with a new found love of kosmiche experimentation. Knots’ expanded sonic tapestry is marshalled and woven with growing stature by SONAA’s chief song-writer, Jacob Richardson, whose meditative lyrical concepts and melodic craftsmanship mark him out as musician of genuine depth and gravitas whilst remaining as arcane and beguiling as Palace.

Rejecting notions of a fixed line-up, Sons of Noel and Adrian is more of a sprawling musical whirlpool centred around a few key members, not unlike Broken Social Scene, with whom two members of Sons toured with last year as part of their horn section. The band includes members of The Mariner’s ChildrenEyes & No Eyes, and make up most of the renowned Willkommen Collective that spawned The Leisure Society, and the various members lend their talents freely to everyone from Damo Suzuki to Laura Marling.

Such selfless creative interdependence is at the heart of the Willkommen Collective and Sons of Noel and Adrian. The results of their musical co-operative have yielded an album that transcends their debut and positions them as a very unique and thrilling proposition indeed: Knots see SONAA charting new, unexplored aural terrain as immersive an experience on stage as it on record.

Also don’t forget the following shows:

April 2: CARDIFF – 10 Feet Tall   | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Winter Villains & Emma Gatrill
April 3: BRISTOL – The Fleece  | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 4: NORWICH – Arts Centre  | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 5: LONDON – Bush Hall  | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 7: BRIGHTON – The Haunt  | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill

Laish on tour in April

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Laish are hitting the road hard in April, doing a short tour supporting Sons of Noel and Adrian and Emma Gatrill and then doing a slightly longer tour featuring just themselves. They are currently working hard to finish a second album, make a new music video and hone their live set.

Laish are also offering their debut album for the next thirty days at the discounted price of £4 on download and £7 on cd only via their bandcamp so get it cheap while you can.

Dates below, further information on facebook here.

APRIL

3 bristol, louisiana* TICKETS
4 norwich, arts centre* TICKETS
5 london, hoxton bar moved to Bush Hall* TICKETS
7 brighton, the haunt* TICKETS

(* with Sons of Noel & Adrian and Emma Gatrill)

 

18 leeds, communion (with Saul Ashby)
19 bath, chapel arts (with People’s String Foundation) TICKETS
20 st austell, eden cafe TICKETS
21 falmouth, miss peapods TICKETS
22 cardiff, 10 feet tall
24 newcastle, cumberland arms (with Richard Dawson, Martha Rose)
25 london, old queens head (supporting Emily Portman) TICKETS
26 milton keynes, the stables (with Emma Gatrill) TICKETS
27 lewes, needlemakers (with Emma Gatrill)

 

Further details on the Willkommen Collective Tour

Saturday, March 6th, 2010
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Click to see larger flier

Here are further details on the Willkommen Collective tour. The Leisure Society and Sons of Noel and Adrian will play all the dates, and will be supported by a rotating cast of bands from the Collective – to be announced soon.

There is a facebook event for the tour here. Please mark yourself as attending and help to spread the word amongst your friends.

April 2010

Thursday 1st: LONDONThe Tabernacle
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | more info | 0207 221 9700

Saturday 3rd: BRIGHTONThe Corn Exchange
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | more info | 01273 709709

Sunday 4th: BRISTOLThekla
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | 08713 100 000

Monday 5th: LEEDSBrudenell Social Club
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | 0113 2455570

Tuesday 6th: MANCHESTERBand on the Wall
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | more info | 0845 2 500 500

Wednesday 7th: KENDALBrewery Arts Centre
—> tickets | last.fm | songkick | map | more info | 01539 725133

The Leisure Society UK tour dates and tickets

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

All the gigs for The Leisure Society’s UK tour are now confirmed. Tickets are on sale and selling very quickly. The tour is in support of their debut album The Sleeper, released this month, and they will be playing lots of material from it along with a few surprises.

March 2009

25th: BRIGHTONResident Records instore –  FREE! | LAST.FM
26th: LONDONLuminaire –  TICKETS SELLING FAST! | LAST.FM
27th: BRISTOLLouisiana –  TICKETS | LAST.FM

April

3rd: MIDDLESBROUGHWestgarth Social Club –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
4th: LIVERPOOLSt. Bride’s Church – TICKETS from Probe Records, Slater St., Liverpool, 0151 708 8815 | LAST.FM
5th: LEEDSRoyal Park Cellars –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
9th: BIRMINGHAMThe Glee Club –  TICKETS SELLING FAST! | LAST.FM
10th: MANCHESTERThe Ruby Lounge –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
11th: GLASGOWThe Classic Grand –  TICKETS | LAST.FM
12th: NOTTINGHAMThe Bodega – TICKETS | LAST.FM


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