Louder Than War album review –

At the core of the music are tight arrangements combined with improvisation, featuring interplay between two distinctive guitar voices. Each tune’s clear conception tells a story – changes of mood and rhythm add a compelling narrative to a vital and visceral sound. The broad vocabulary of the music – psychedelic, metal, jazz, kraut … – conjures echoes from Steve Reich to Sabbath, Can and Tortoise.

‘It’s an album that is at once joyous and free yet, with a slight time signature change or introduction of a certain guitar affect, can make you feel queasy and uncomfortable. You can never second guess it or assume you know where the songs are heading as its relentless riffing can suddenly morph from Sabbath sludge to Television crispness.

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Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angels
Holy Orders/Edible 5ft Smiths frontman goes not quite solo with a little help from some celestial friends.

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Sarah Johns

Rough Running Times…
8.30 Matt Edible & TOA
9.15 The Brackish
10.15 Sarah Johns