Upset The Rhythm presents…
RAT COLUMNS
HONEY JOY
SLUSHY GUTS
Wednesday 19 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London,
N1 9JB
7.30pm | £6 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/390472
RAT COLUMNS is
the mutable musical project of David West, an artist as prolific as he is
diverse in his output. West is the driving force behind the groups Rank/Xerox,
Liberation and Lace Curtain, he was also a member of Total Control, and most
recently debuted a solo album proper. Whether its forward-facing punk or
turning his hand to crafting sleek prisms of pop, West's credentials check out.
Rat Columns is no exception, always central to his vision and returned to many
times since its inception in Perth almost a decade ago. Over the years the band
has morphed and continued with an array of different friends from the USA and
Australia, always finding David West dancing through the long shadows at its
core. Working with many distinguished underground imprints including Blackest
Ever Black, Adagio 830, Smart Guy Records and RIP Society, Rat Columns have
left in their wake a trail of 7"s, EPs and two full length albums. Now a
third album, entitled 'Candle Power' is cued for release through Upset The
Rhythm this April. 'Candle Power' is packed full of chiming guitar pop, cutting
in with moments of soul, disco and experimental plots.
HONEY JOY are five mates who came together through a mutual love of curry, Mean
Girls and Paul McCartney’s hand gestures. They play indie punk music and have
been compared to The Thermals and Xray Spex. They released two brilliant EPs
last year and have just finished recording their first full length with MJ from
Hookworms, which is soon to be released in the US through Infinity Cat
records.
SLUSHY GUTS is more
of a group then a band (M.E.S distinction), having revolved around founding
member Steve Keane since it's inception in 2009. Originally a solo bedroom
project (B. White definition) Slushy Guts has mutated (H.P Lovecraft style)
over the course of 4 albums and a "shit-load" (Slim Pickens) of tape
and cdr releases. Evolving organically (according to Jean-Baptiste Lamarck), it's presentation facilitated by
whoever's around, Steve's songs exist in the spaces between genres, at once
melodic and discordant (Engelbert Humperdinck definition), concerned with
deconstructing 'it all' (definition unknown) and gluing it back together again.
With current members Sam and Luke Walsh on bass and drums and James Rowland on
guitar, Slushy Guts is currently something closely resembling a rock 'n' roll
quartet (Rev. David A. Noebel definition.) Bobby Davro, 2017.
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