Emma Gatrill will tour the UK and Ireland in support of Willkommen favourites This Is The Kit. She’ll also be playing a bit of bass clarinet and/or saxophone with them. In Cork, Glasgow and London there will be no EG opening set but she’ll still be playing with TITK. Seamus Fogarty also supports from Birmingham onwards.
10 Jan – The Joiners, Southamptontickets
11 Jan – Marine Theatre, Lyme Registickets
12 Jan – St Petroc’s Church, Bodmintickets
13 Jan – Brunel Goods Shed, Stroudtickets
14 Jan – Leaf, Liverpooltickets
16 Jan – Cyprus Avenue, Corktickets (No EG set)
17 Jan – Whelan’s, Dublintickets
18 Jan – Brudenell Social Club, Leedstickets
19 Jan – O2 ABC Glasgow, Glasgowtickets (No EG set)
20 Jan – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburghtickets
21 Jan – Lancaster Library, Lancastertickets
23 Jan – The Sage Gateshead, Hall 2, Gatesheadtickets
24 Jan – The Glee Club – Birmingham, Birminghamtickets
25 Jan – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Londontickets (No EG set)
26 Jan – J1, Cambridge Junction, Cambridgetickets
27 Jan – The Con Club, Lewes SOLD OUT
28 Jan – 02 Oxford Academy, Oxfordtickets
Kristin and Emma are teaming up for an exciting London show on March 8th 2017. On International Women’s Day, Kings Place presents the work of two exciting female voices in contemporary folk music.
Kristin and Emma will be accompanying each other during their performances alongside a stellar cast of musicians:
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 Children, Eyes & 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 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.