Darren Hayman (hefner)
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Fri 1 July 2005 // 20:00
DARREN HAYMAN (HEFNER)
with Steveless
(Fri 1st / 8pm / £5)
Launch party for Darren Hayman's debut solo release. Darren was the
singer/songwriter in Hefner, cult indie Peel favourites who put out five critically acclaimed albums between 1996 and 2002. He's also the man behind post-Hefner electronic outfit The French. After the demise of Hefner, not to mention a host of contractual difficulties, he retreated North East England in his caravan with his wife, his dog, two ukeleles and a mini-disk recorder on board. The results are released today on the wonderful Static Caravan label (Bronnt Industries Kapital, Tunng), four sparse acoustic jems displaying Darren's trademark obsession with the minutiae and melancholy of modern life. Tonights live show includes songs from Darren's entire career, performed on guitar, ukelele and keyboards.
Plus Steveless, whose improvised, fucked up one-man-blues can't fail to win you over. Armed with broken cymbals, kazoo and added electronic bleepery, he'll oscillate wildly between a folky strum, wailing banshee guitar and delay ravaged feedback. Proper, genuine, expressive blues music with added noise!
with Steveless
(Fri 1st / 8pm / £5)
Launch party for Darren Hayman's debut solo release. Darren was the
singer/songwriter in Hefner, cult indie Peel favourites who put out five critically acclaimed albums between 1996 and 2002. He's also the man behind post-Hefner electronic outfit The French. After the demise of Hefner, not to mention a host of contractual difficulties, he retreated North East England in his caravan with his wife, his dog, two ukeleles and a mini-disk recorder on board. The results are released today on the wonderful Static Caravan label (Bronnt Industries Kapital, Tunng), four sparse acoustic jems displaying Darren's trademark obsession with the minutiae and melancholy of modern life. Tonights live show includes songs from Darren's entire career, performed on guitar, ukelele and keyboards.
Plus Steveless, whose improvised, fucked up one-man-blues can't fail to win you over. Armed with broken cymbals, kazoo and added electronic bleepery, he'll oscillate wildly between a folky strum, wailing banshee guitar and delay ravaged feedback. Proper, genuine, expressive blues music with added noise!