save the children – and so she thinks https://andsoshethinks.co.uk CREATE:COMMUNICATE:CONNECT Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:54:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-FAVICON-90x90-1-32x32.png save the children – and so she thinks https://andsoshethinks.co.uk 32 32 Schizo Fun Addict vs The Bordellos – Split EP https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/schizo-fun-addict-vs-the-bordellos-split-ep/ https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/schizo-fun-addict-vs-the-bordellos-split-ep/#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:54:00 +0000 https://andsoshethinks.wordpress.com/?p=4496 Music with a charitable bent doesn’t have to sound like Band Aid or be organised by Bono. The latest release from Small Bear Records is a four-track split cassette EP featuring two tracks each from Schizo Fun Addict and The Bordellos, available as a free download on Bandcamp, though you are encouraged to be nice and make a small donation to Save The Children.

Opener AM Story from Schizo is like a soft style Blood Red Shoes, seductively gritty and studded with reverb. Their second track is a psych fuelled lo-fi trip that mutates its way through a maze of dissonance and copulating guitars, Endorphin Portal is an earnest drugged out zenith of carefully structured electronica in which the corrugated frustration lingers long after its ending.

The Bordello’s Hit It has a bit more drive and pumping beats, catchy as hell with its meandering earworm of a bridge, whilst A Little Sadness is a sweet and melancholy flicker from a torn heart looking out hopefully towards an expansive horizon, even from the perspective of grey pavements and desolate skies. As a taster for the full length release, it’s an off kilter triumphant wonder.

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Originally posted on Joyzine.

]]> https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/schizo-fun-addict-vs-the-bordellos-split-ep/feed/ 0 Help Save The Children at a pub in Camden Jan 5th https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/help-save-the-children-at-a-pub-in-camden-jan-5th/ https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/help-save-the-children-at-a-pub-in-camden-jan-5th/#respond Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:35:39 +0000 http://itsallhappeningmusic.blog.com/?p=647 Goodwill to all men isn’t just for the Christmas season you know – care and concern should extend well into the New Year. Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, the classic and acoustic rock covers band from Camden, have invited an eclectic mix of friends, all with only two things in common – the desire to play good music and raise money for the more than deserving Save The Children. As well as some classic rock covers from Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate the crowd will be trated to the loud and chaotic Donkeybox, Jay Stapley, guitarist and deserving owner of seven platinum awards, one of the BBC’s New Generation artists Kathryn Thomas, harmonious on the flute, and singer songwriter David  Lunas.
All funds raised by will go towards Save the Children’s new campaign No Child Born to Die, which aims to dramatically cut the number of children under the age of five dying from simple complications such as pneumonia and diarrhoea. The children’s charity says if children were routinely vaccinated, the death toll, which currently sits at 8 million children a year, could be cut by up to a quarter.
Malcolm, guitarist and singer of Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate says ‘simple and inexpensive treatments can save children from dying. Even a small amount of money can make a huge difference. I’ve been delighted by the enthusiasm of so many great musicians to support this fundraising event.’
So head on down and lend your support.
http://www.facebook.com/events/294090683951230/
The Fiddler’s Elbow
Camden
1 Malden Road
NW5 3HS
Thursday 5th January2012
7.30pm

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