VOODOO BEAT Proudly Present…
THE FRESH & ONLYS (San Francisco – Woodsist)
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH
HEAD OF STEAM
(Neville Street – Opposite Central Station)
8 – 11
£5
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“The Fresh & Onlys formed just last year in San Francisco, but they already boast more music to their name than most bands manage in twice that time. Over the course of a flurry of 7″s, a limited-edition cassette, and two full-length albums– last spring’s self-titled and now Grey-Eyed Girls– you can hear the sound of a young band busily honing in on what they’re good at.
In case you weren’t tipped off by their almost distractingly evocative band name (should we be thinking of the Only Ones, or the Young Fresh Fellows?), the Fresh & Onlys traffic in jangly garage-pop, balancing psych-rock swagger with generous dollops of sweetly cockeyed melody. Their recordings are lovingly caked with crud, and their jams sometimes veer perilously close to derailing completely, which might seem to lump them in with other San Francisco psych revivalists like Thee Oh Sees and Sic Alps. But the Fresh & Onlys are set apart by an endearingly fussy devotion to songcraft and an understated and unfakeable weirdness.
Their self-titled record was fairly straightforward but satisfying garage rock; Grey-Eyed Girls is stranger and more interesting, toning down the swagger and finding a sweet spot somewhere in between uptempo brashness and the quirky vulnerability of Beat Happening.
If the Fresh & Onlys come off as more winsome than your average Nuggets fetishists, part of that might have something to do with their diffident rhythm section, which ensures that they wobble more often than they rock. “What’s His Shadow Still Doing Here” is a classic piece of Buddy Holly yearning that drags and nearly trips over its own feet, gaining in poignancy and charm whatever it loses in a steady backbeat. “No Second Guessing”, meanwhile, comes off like a handmade valentine straight from Calvin Johnson.” – PITCHFORK
Having just finished a short run around the UK with fellow US garage rockers Deerhunter, as well as playing at All Tomorrow’s Parties, the band take in more dates in September, and we’re delighted to host them.
The dates coincide with their appearances at the End of the Road festival and Indian Summer.
SUPPORT COMES FROM
CULT IMAGE
Having only been around a few months CULT IMAGE are fast proving to be one of Newcastle’s most interesting and promising bands, after already captivating crowds following gigs with fellow fast rising Newcastle band Retriever and at Jukebox, the future looks bright indeed as their wonderful audio juxtapose of ‘clanging Post Punk’ meets ‘chiming C86 style Indie Pop’ begins to ring out across Tyneside.
With DJs playing Tuff Rockabilly, Wild Surf, Raw Garage, Psychotic Psychedelia, Erotic Exotica, Life Affirming Proto Punk, Tribal Funk, Primal Post Punk, Sleazy Industrial, Free Jazz, and Perverted Pop.
www.myspace.com/thefreshonlys
www.myspace.com/ignoranceinthunorf
Vanishing Cream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxG6gLPgoaQ
Invisible Forces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwfBEsIv-fw&feature=related
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