AT THE GLAD: Sun 14th Dec: The Self Help Group/ Swallow and the Wolf/ Jacob de Berker Featuring immaculate three part harmony, guitar, bass, drums and glockenspiel, Brighton five piece the Self Help Group create a gloriously rich sound that will put you in mind of Crosby Stills & Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Massive Attack and The Cowboy Junkies- often in the same song. Their most recent album was described by the legendary Bob Harris on Radio 2 as absolutely stunning, and received a four star review from the influential Maverick Magazine. youtube/watch?v=D0_eUhp6tXM The Self Help Group onstage at 9.00 pm Acoustic duo Swallow and the Wolf build their sound from picked acoustic guitar, bass heavy piano lines, lo-fi drums, rich cello lines and melodic vocal harmonies. Their songs manage to be both intimate and epic, balancing poetic lyrics with widescreen sounds. Three Eps into their recording career, theyve received much acclaim thus far- heres some of whats being said about them in the media... Russell Swallow is an acoustic evangelist…clearly a man with poetry in his soul- Tom Robinson, BBC6 music very, very beautiful - Chris Hawkins, BBC6 music the romantics of Fleet Foxes, the upbeat poppiness of Patrick Wolf, and the brooding of Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley- For Folks Sake https://youtube/watch?v=ivyijojW5XE Swallow and the Wolf onstage at 8.15 pm We begin our Sunday Session with indie-folk troubadour Jacob de Berker. Citing Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens and Elliot Smith as influences, his lyrically intricate songs are delivered with guitar and banjo accompaniment. https://youtube/watch?v=1wr9VDgdxjc Jacob de Berker onstage at 7.15 pm
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:10:28 +0000