DEADLETTER + MODERN WOMAN at Thekla
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A gig held at Thekla on Wednesday 6th November. The event starts at 19:30.


DEADLETTER • www.instagram.com/_deadletter
MODERN WOMAN • www.instagram.com/modernw0man
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The world is brutal but there are cherry trees in blossom. This is the philosophy that underpins DEADLETTER, and their bruising, beautiful debut album Hysterical Strength. “It's punishing but there's also fucking beauty out there,” explains frontman Zac Lawrence, who, with life-long friends Alfie Husband and George Ullyott, and Poppy Richler, Sam Jones and Will King, may just have turned in one of 2024’s most urgent and vital listens – a record that, right down to its title, relishes the contradictions of modern life. “Being able to take something disgusting or disgraceful and make it sound nice through the power of music, that juxtaposition appeals to me,” Lawrence adds. The result is twelve tracks of motorik rhythms and angular guitars, adorned by smoky saxophone and baritone-belted lyrics about flickering television sets and dilapidated town centres decked with decapitated bodies. Its strengths are hysterical indeed.

In their short time releasing music the band has picked up support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, Clash, DIY, Dork, Kerrang!, Metro, NME, So Young, The Times, and also landed on the 6 Music playlist. They've sold out shows across the UK and Europe and in Oct/Nov 2024 will begin their biggest headline run to date.
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14+ event.
Presented by Gravy Train.
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GT events • www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk

Entry requirements: 14+

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