rcalder82 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 AGP presentsSPOKESESPERIJUFFAGETue 10 May 2010 Cafe Drummond, Belmont StAberdeen5 adv from One Up, Belmont Street, AGP ABERDEEN — Home and Welcome to TicketWeb!14+ show--------------------Spokes are a band based in Manchester and Newcastle (UK), brought together in 2006 by a combination of boyhood friendships, family ties and a relentless love of recording and touring. Critics have praised them for their grand sound, buoyed by bittersweet joy and devastating lows. While sounding like a band with much more than 5 members they go from euphoric noise to moments of intense stillness. While drawing upon folk, shoegaze, slowcore and post-rock their music is always distilled down into something distinctly their own.In 2007 they recorded their debut EP People Like People Like You which combined their off-kilter indie with more flowing structures influenced by post-rock and classical music. And it sold out quickly. The release also lead to an appearance on the main stage at the Big Chill festival where People Like People Like You quickly sold out at the Rough Trade stall. They also won the Sound 2008 competition and played at Rockness. This frenzied activity eventually caught the attention of Ninja Tune (and XFM who had them as a new band of the year) and their indie imprint Counter Records, who re-released People Like People Like You in the spring of 2009. Having played at the End Of The Road festival in the summer Spokes then returned to their countryside residence somewhere in the North-East of England to finish work on their first album proper. This time introducing intricate vocal harmonies and more complex arrangements. Spokes meticulous attention to detail and feel lends their songs a lush sound that has a clear respect for the classics, taking inspiration from artists such as Neil Young and Kate Bush. "From forlorn to optimistic, from near silence to stretches of beautiful, string- and harmony-drenched clamour, and, emotionally, every second hits home." (The Sunday Times)"Spokes seem destines to make waves of their own." (Q Magazine)"This record is a seamless surge of choral indie rock that sets the genre's bar high enough to give Radiohead virtigo."(Clash)"It's incredibly easy to fall in love with an album when it takes in elements of slow-core, post-rock, shoe-gaze, folk and pop music so effortlessly." (Boomkat)"A gutsy, all-out cavalcade of babbling, strident pop." (Artrocker)"Fuelled by the kind of passionate sincerity that distinguishes the work of the Flaming Lips." (Uncut)"Uplifting, rabble-rousing choirs and celestial voices." (Mojo)"Spokes are yet another band freeing Manchester from Courteenersitis and deal in pastoral indie with a post-rock veneer that builds to glorious climaxes." (NME) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamDD Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I love what I've heard from Juffage and should be getting his album for review soon. I might well come along to this to see him. Nice one as always Ross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcalder82 Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 unfortunately SPOKES have had to pull this as shows were cancelled on the way up to Scotland that made travel too expensive for this one gig Show goes on with ESPERI and JUFFAGE - news on local supports coming soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamDD Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 unfortunately SPOKES have had to pull this as shows were cancelled on the way up to Scotland that made travel too expensive for this one gig Show goes on with ESPERI and JUFFAGE - news on local supports coming soon!Glad Juffage is still playing. Just got his album through the post from the label today. Excited to give it a blast! Just need to get through one more day of work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 local supports alllllll done :3Also, will there be tickets on the door? I assume so but.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcalder82 Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 so to clarify this line up is nowESPERIJUFFAGEFOXHUNTINGBOY WITH COMPASS8PMDRUMMONDS - TUESDAYTIX ON THE DOOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Tonight, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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