A
gig
held at The Jam Jar
on Wednesday 20th November. The event starts at 20:00.
Ear Trumpet Presents: Mesadorm + Supalung Double Header. Standing Show at The Jam Jar, Little Ann BS2 9EB - Ages 18 +
Doors: 7.30pm Show: 8pm
Mesadorm
Bone-melting. Intravenous Cup-a-Soup. Intimacy, depth-channelling beats and shining synth-led harmonies. A unique and bright collage of dead-good. Not for the faint of constitution. For divers not paddlers.
Debut record ‘Heterogaster’ released in 2018 took relationship truths, epiphanies about the nature of family, sexuality, and pain and put them in a blender with heaps of Bjork, Kate Bush, Caribou, chia seeds, fresh ginger and tequila. 2019’s Epicadus gave an acoustic, whisper-in-the-ear retelling that was no less of a punch to the place where sad and beautiful memories think they are safe and out of reach.
Epic standalone releases ‘Let’s Leap’ and ‘Take Me To A Place’ were collaborative attempts with critically acclaimed Bristol based producer and amazing craftsperson Tim Allen (Bat for Lashes // Adrian Utley) to create the tracks for ‘Pollinator’, although when the decision was made for Front woman Blythe Pepino to reproduce the tracks to be closer to her demo versions, only ‘Take Me To A Place’ (appearing this time as ‘Tenorion Try’) made the cut onto new LP ‘Pollinator’, out on 8th April 2022.
‘Pollinator’ offers some of the same cockle-nourishing stick-to-the-side of the glass thickness as previous releases but with a handful of rusty nails thrown in. Carrying an added punky ‘fuck it’ rallying against nationalism and our society’s leaderless descent into the warm, soggy bin of history; Pollinator screams and serenades for alternatives whilst appreciating the beauty and closeness of the moments and connections that really matter as they pass.
Supalung
SupaLung is the Alt Chamber Rock Pop moniker of singer-songwriter Sam Brookes alongside multi-instrumentalist & producer Pete Josef.
The group describe their music as joyous, melodic and experimental.
In their own words: “We wanted to draw from all of the great music across time that we love and put it into this album. The keystone was Joy – if it didn’t make you smile, send shivers of excitement or fill your eyes with joyous tears then we double-backed and started again.”
The duo met some years back on the burgeoning Bristol music scene; being fans of each others work they ended up becoming great friends. Brookes was actually helping Josef build a studio at his home when they decided it was time to combine their love for songs & making records.
Brookes was ready and armed with a vibrant bunch of demos to record his fourth solo album.
It was clear from the start that this album was a leap across the pond from his previous solo works, Brookes wanted to express himself in this new world of song & sonics under
As the process began a sound started to emerge that Brookes & Josef felt would make an adventurous and exciting debut album a journey that lead Brookes to the inception of Supalung.
The name Supalung is inspired by and pays homage to Terry Reid aka superlungs.
One of the UK’s finest rock singers from the mid 60’s.