The FudBlog: Envoys

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

STRANGEFORMS FEST, LEEDS, DAY 2, APRIL 16 2023

Venue: BRUDENELL SOCIALCLUB, LEEDS

Line-up:

CONJURER: Unashamed metal of the highest order. Crushing. Not 'post' in any way. World domination awaits, if there's any justice.

SLOW CRUSH: Gorgeous shoegaze from Belgium

BICURIOUS: Math-rock madness from Dublin duo.

COLOSSAL SQUID: Drums'n'stuff from Adam Betts, AKA Colossal Squid

GRAYWAVE: More of that shoegaze stuff, this time from Birmingham

ENVOYS: Local post-metal heroes,back for one night only(possibly) after a lengthy hiatus. Special guest appearance from our host, Stewart Ramsay of Bad Owl.

LARISSA: Goth-tinged dark synth-pop

FAKEYOURDEATH: Abrasive industrial noise duo from Brighton

HOAMIN: Lovely post-rock adjacent alt-pop from Bradford

CONJURER https://youtu.be/PKc6SR1COCo https://www.facebook.com/conjureruk

SLOW CRUSH https://youtu.be/S5sbzhQinrQ https://www.facebook.com/slowcrushband

BICURIOUS https://youtu.be/m3eyBuDCpIw https://www.facebook.com/bicuriousbandofficial

COLOSSAL SQUID https://youtu.be/GLGX3kTWttQ https://www.facebook.com/colossalsquidmusic1

GRAYWAVE https://youtu.be/xYqmJGvBfso https://www.facebook.com/graywaveuk

ENVOYS https://youtu.be/eVu867N0N7A https://www.facebook.com/envoysband

LARISSA https://youtu.be/rMOwDq_V2hM https://www.facebook.com/larissamusicuk

FAKEYOURDEATH https://youtu.be/D0jMs5cmAkU https://www.facebook.com/fakeyourdeathband

HOAMIN https://youtu.be/xhh2PSTJRko https://www.facebook.com/hoaminbando

Friday, April 7, 2023

STRANGEFORMS FEST, LEEDS, DAY 1, APRIL 19 2014

Venue: WHARF CHAMBERS, LEEDS

The first StrangeForms fest, the brainchild of Stewart and Kerry Ramsay, with able assistance from Steven Creek and, no doubt, many others whose names I don't know. A DIY celebration of underground post-rock, post metal, math-rock and adjacent genres. From humble beginnings...

Line-up:

THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD: Instrumental progressive rock

LOST IN THE RIOTS: London Post-rockers, clearly not fond of shirts

POLY-MATH: Future StrangeForms regulars and math-rock legends

ENVOYS: Local post-metallers, featuring the aforementioned Steven Creek on guitar. The one in the white t-shirt, by the way. Broke up, but getting back together to play SF2023.

VASA: Frantic Glaswegian post/math-rock. John Niblock on bass, strange facial contortions and the origin of much toilet graffiti. Back again for 2023.