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Brilliant Liverpudlian flute wrangler Laura J Martin is currently on a sell out tour with Euros Childs and this will be her first London headline show since the release of acclaimed new album ‘Dazzle Days’. Laura is joined by chamber pop outfit Left With Pictures who currently working on a new album with Wild Beasts’ knob twiddler Richard Formby.

16 JANUARY - , 31-35 Coate St, London E2 9AG

£7 ADVANCE FROM AND :

£8 on the door

Doors: 8pm



‘Dazzle Days’ is the follow up to her lauded debut album ‘The Hangman Tree’. Her sophomore album was recorded over three months on a journey from Maghull to Hoxton via Reykjavík.
13 sumptuous tracks bumping into each other like a Brownian motion demonstration these audio vitamins bed down to represent Laura’s best work yet. ‘Dazzle Days’ features now regular collaborators Mike Lindsay (Tunng) on vocals and Benge who mixed and added synth, Enoesqe beds and Oldfield reverbs at his studio Play Industries.

Thematically expanding on the experience of producing a commissioned soundtrack for the BFI and with a burgeoning interest in golden age composers such as Sven Libaek and Francois de Roubaix. Laura also took inspiration from Jeremy Steigs collaboration album with Pia Zaidora. Imagine ‘Butterfly ‘starring and sound tracked by Laura Nyro, yeah that good.

The album will be preceded by the track ‘Red Flag’ as a pay what you want on band camp and promoted by a two month tour with Euros Childs both as support and a member of Euros’s band.

"These spry, gnomic songs echo Slapp Happy's downmarket Weimerbohemia or the inverterbrate oddness of The Raincoats" - Uncut

“Dazzle Days is an intricate set of folk and chamber pop that delights...” - The Quietus

"Brilliant" - Sunday Times



Left With Pictures started with three hard-up, classically trained musicians – Stuart Barter, Rob Wicks and Toby Knowles – who forsook the orchestra pit for the sanctuary of Toby’s parents’ loft. Armed with melodicas, guitars, violins, kazoos, ‘found sounds’ and a shoestring budget, they began with two self released EPs and have since gone on to release two acclaimed albums on Organ Grinder Records.

The band are currently in the studio with esteemed producer Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Ghostpoet, Darkstar) working on their third album.

“Absolutely beautiful.” – Lauren Laverne

“Beyond brilliant.“ – Drowned in Sound

“Totally beguiling on every level” – The Line of Best Fit

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Tall, moustachioed alcoholic - plays firewood with a bow.

So, any good then?

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Pukka Pie pest

Embrace the margin
Always Changing at Retford http://sptxx.tumblr.com/
Not Changing at Retford http://sptxx2.tumblr.com/

yep

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Back off Warchild, seriously.

http://elvers.bandcamp.com/

A really great night; lovely to catch up with some XPers too.

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Putting the pip in pop since the late 70s

Yep a decent gig, great turnout (it sold out pre-gig) and very good turnout of SXP-ers. Present were:

dookerdoo
me
wurzel
vodka-volauvant
johnny anarchy
jimgibb
enid coleslaw
mickey the moog

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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If Ian Curtis had lived, and enjoyed the ale…

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Maybe because we don't promote acts with names like The Choo Choo Trains... #worstnameever

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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Has something against Spotify...

Not mine either but it was a local show and it's a good venue with nice beer
It was only after the first song I realised I'd seen her before and hadn't liked her then, still it was nice to see people.

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Rock n roll librarian

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If Ian Curtis had lived, and enjoyed the ale…

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