The High Llamas + Ladywoodsman

Event information

Lithe Presents
The High Llamas – July 4th
+ Ladywoodsman + Rothko DJ’s
£10, 7pm

The High Llamas have written some of the most richly constructed and oddly affecting pop music, combining Brian Wilson-inspired pop fantasias, German electronica, Italian soundtrack music and occasionally drifting toward exotica. One of the most unique sonic innovators The High Llamas are responsible for a series of acclaimed albums from their debut Gideon Gaye through the now-classic Hawaii and Snowbug and most recently Can Cladders. What clearly sets the High Llamas apart is a tendency toward retro-futurism resulting in a self-styled universe created by a unique confluence of string quartets with hi-fi lounge-pop instrumentation (organ, vibraphone, and clarinet).

Duke Garwood (aka Ladywoodsman) is the kind of man you envy for his style and talent, he doesn’t just play the Blues he is the blues. His maverick, rapid, crab-like style of playing the guitar, as Duke would say “keeps the sound going and the notes ringing”, it really is a spectacle that must be seen to believe. Garwood’s thick black tar voice is reminiscent of the classic Delta tradition, artists such as Charley Patton, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, yet he defines his own unique blend of blues, psychedelia, folk and avant-garde rhythms.
Garwood performing live is the best way for his music to be heard. Watching him play is like witnessing an exorcism. You can feel the music creeping out of him when he lays his hands on the guitar, a truly possessed performer.

www.highllamas.com, www.myspace.com/thehighllamassongs, www.myspace.com/ladywoodsman, www.dukegarwood.co.uk, www.myspace.com/litherecordings