To celebrate the imminent launch of their self-titled debut EP on Popular Recordings on August 3, critically acclaimed London art-noise trio A Grave With No Name are having a party at White Heat on July 21, with the Rayographs and Celestial Bodies supporting, and DJ sets from The Big Pink, Feeding Time and No Pain in Pop.
Mesmeric and entrancing, swirling and unsettling, the beautiful, brittle soundscapes that A Grave With No Name conjure are vastly different to anything their contemporaries are currently creating, owing more of a debt to compelling, legendary figures like Wesley Willis, Kevin Shields and Paul Westerberg than anything earthbound . Indeed, far from being anything resembling straightforward, songs such as lead EP track “And We Parted Ways at Mt Jade” and “Stone Setting” weld together haunted Americana, freaked folk and rickety electronic influences, with Alex Shields’ ethereal vocals being the improbable glue that holds all of it together to hypnotic effect.
Earlier this year, The Big Pink took the band along as support on their first UK tour, and since then they have played festivals like The Great Escape and gone on to support other bands of note, such as Women and HEALTH. The A Grave With No Name EP, released on August 3, is their first official release, following a split cassette with Magik Markers last year.
A GRAVE WITH NO NAME EP LAUNCH
July 21 @ White Heat, Madame Jojo’s
w/ The Rayographs + Celestial Bodies, and The Big Pink, Feeding Time and No Pain in Pop DJ’s
Tickets: www.seetickets.com, 8pm – 3am, £5
Mesmeric and entrancing, swirling and unsettling, the beautiful, brittle soundscapes that A Grave With No Name conjure are vastly different to anything their contemporaries are currently creating, owing more of a debt to compelling, legendary figures like Wesley Willis, Kevin Shields and Paul Westerberg than anything earthbound . Indeed, far from being anything resembling straightforward, songs such as lead EP track “And We Parted Ways at Mt Jade” and “Stone Setting” weld together haunted Americana, freaked folk and rickety electronic influences, with Alex Shields’ ethereal vocals being the improbable glue that holds all of it together to hypnotic effect.
Earlier this year, The Big Pink took the band along as support on their first UK tour, and since then they have played festivals like The Great Escape and gone on to support other bands of note, such as Women and HEALTH. The A Grave With No Name EP, released on August 3, is their first official release, following a split cassette with Magik Markers last year.
A GRAVE WITH NO NAME EP LAUNCH
July 21 @ White Heat, Madame Jojo’s
w/ The Rayographs + Celestial Bodies, and The Big Pink, Feeding Time and No Pain in Pop DJ’s
Tickets: www.seetickets.com, 8pm – 3am, £5
