UPSET THE RHYTHM: Bamboo's new album released! Nots playing London tomorrow!

Hello everyone!

Massive thank yous to everyone who came out to see OOIOO and Bamboo last week, it was definitely one of our favourite shows that we’ve ever put on. Talking of Bamboo, their brilliant new album The Dragon Flies Away is released this week through Upset The Rhythm too. We just had some sublime blue vinyl LPs and CDs arrive at UTR HQ, so thought we’d share the news with you.

Bamboo is the ongoing project of Nick Carlisle and Rachel Horwood. The Dragon Flies Away tells a story loosely associated with the Hannya demon mask of Noh theatre plays such as Dojoji, and reflects the range of emotion the Hannya mask is capable of displaying: obsession, jealousy, sorrow and rage. Presenting its story in two acts the album comes with a deluxe gatefold sleeve, download card and lyric / artwork sheet. Horwood’s evocative paintings are given centre stage with the packaging, allowing the album's story to grow beyond sound, it sounds just as good as it looks!

Vivid and deeply poignant, Bamboo's music locks into a magnetic attraction between Horwood's flawlessly resonant folk cadence and Carlisle's pristine synth production. Overall the record feels hugely cinematic with its ability to hold the listeners hand and lead them through another world never faltering. It is ambitious and heavy on concept without ever becoming overwrought, preserving its delicate personal tone and lush, spacious sound throughout.

The Dragon Flies Away by Bamboo is available to buy now through our webshop here!

In terms of live shows on the horizon, tomorrow Upset The Rhythm are downing anchor at Café OTO for an unruly knees up with Memphis rock-revisionists NOTS. Their last live show for us was an utter whirlwind so brace yourselves! In support we have lean and lively shock and awe from The Worms, cannot wait! Tickets are £8 and we will have a few on the door from 8pm, amps on at 8.45pm. Read on for all the details and for our full programme of upcoming concerts. Did we mention that Priests will now join Downtown Boys for their show on October 18^th at The Dome? We have now!

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NOTS

THE WORMS

Wednesday 7 June

Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL

8pm | £8 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/389238

NOTS are a 4 piece, all XX, "nuevo no wavo" band from Memphis, TN. Unpredictable guitars, celestial synths, and punctuated vocals swirl around the repetition of a powerful rhythm section to form a sound and a live show not easily classifiable but entirely addictive. Drummer Charlotte Watson and guitarist / frontwoman Natalie Hoffmann are the band's two constants throughout a handful of roster changes. NOTS' current lineup also includes Alexandra Eastburn on synth, an instrument she picked up to join NOTS and to record on their first full-length LP We Are Nots, and bassist Meredith Lones, another new Memphis musician, and the most recent addition to the band. NOTS' newest punk-noise-psych-collision LP, Cosmetic, aggressively follows on the heels of their debut LP, foreshadowing an ever expanding experiment in direction of things to come for the band. NOTS have releases on Heavenly & Goner Records, plus a brand new live 7" on Third Man.

https://www.facebook.com/memphisnots/

THE WORMS is a stripped-down, future-primitive negative-capability trio making politely furious snotty punk minimalism. A snarling update on Messthetics culture with even more of the fat boiled off and the anger dialed up.

https://soundcloud.com/the_worms-1

Thanks loads for reading, have the best week!

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NOTS

THE WORMS

Wednesday 7 June

Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL

8pm | £8 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/389238

THE SPACE LADY

FLOWERS MUST DIE
Tuesday 20 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
8pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/396842

RICHARD DAWSON
(Full band show)

STILL HOUSE PLANTS
Thursday 22 June
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7pm | £15 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/396949

TERRY

CHILD’S POSE

HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Friday 30 June
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/393203

SHEER MAG

SPECIAL GUESTS

TV CRIME

Thursday 20 July

Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD

7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401130

PIKACYU-MAKOTO

Saturday 12 August

The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT

7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401265

SPRAY PAINT

THE REBEL