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Wooden Arms + special guests
Presented by: Green Mind Gigs| 0 | CAMBRIDGE: Green Mind @ The Portland Arms |
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| P | Wednesday 13th December, 2017 |
| N | 7:00pm |
Event information
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
https://www.facebook.com/Woodenarmsband/
Wooden Arms are a genre-fluid contemporary quintet from the UK who draw from Alternative, Classical, and Trip-Hop music. Enthused with the rhythmic sensibilities of Portishead, blended with the ethereal melodies of Sigur Ros, Wooden Arms' first full length album "Trick of the Light" (due for release October 6th 2017) sees the band shift to a more contemporary palette. Which can be heard on their 2nd single “Lost in Your Own Home.” (Due for release September 1st 2017)
Lost in Your Own Home (Soundcloud): http://hyperurl.co/6vjwio
Lost in Your Own Home (YouTube): http://hyperurl.co/6u8hah
LIYOH is a concise little amble through the mind of a once 21 year old Alex Carson first experimenting with psychotropic drugs in a confined space after unceremoniously leaving the familial home due to religious differences. Carson was living in 10 foot by 10 foot by 10 foot room. A perfect cube, in a converted mental hospital in central Norwich, and felt this was the best time to experiment with psychedelics. Carson writes: “My 21st Birthday being a culmination of all those things. I remember being haunted by shadows at night, not quite knowing what was reality and what was a dream. I wasn’t on quite that self-destructive a path as the scenario suggests, But this song epitomises the banality of real life mixed with my juvenile attempts at trying to come to terms with a massive life change… whilst also taking drugs and losing my mind.”
The song features an off kilter 7/4 time signature (Think the bass line from Pink Floyd’s “Money” and you’re on the right path) which was honed by drummer Alex Mackenzie when both Alex’s sat at a piano and used 4 hands to make 1 piano part. It’s one of those songs that doesn’t make much sense on paper with its unresolved, asymmetric rhythm tripping you up at every turn. Yet it feels natural and organic and culminates in a thick percussive crescendo that epitomises the chaotic lyrical content.
Venue information
CAMBRIDGE: Green Mind @ The Portland Arms| 0 | 129 Chesterton Rd Cambridge CB4 3BA |
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| > | www.greenmind.co.uk |
| ! | 01223 357268 |
| ` | Unless otherwise stated, all our events at The Portland Arms are standing, with no seated areas. If you have accessibility requirements, please email website-queries@greenmind.co.uk |
