The Declining Winter, London debut

Let’s go baboon presents…

TUESDAY 17 JUNE 2008

THE DECLINING WINTER
ARTHUR AND MARTHA
BY THE FIRESIDE

£4 adv/NUS, £5 door
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/31117
BARDENS BOUDOIR 36 STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD, N16 7XJ, 020 7249 9557

8pm

More information: www.myspace.com/stubaboon

THE DECLINING WINTER – www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter

From the co-founder of leftfield musical pioneers, Hood, the Declining Winter is the new musical project from Richard Vincent Adams. Influenced by Low, The Durutti Column and York City FC. The new album, “Goodbye Minnesota”, is packed full of graceful melancholic pop glory. Live, the Declining Winter are a five-piece who are currently supporting Stars of the Lid on their UK tour.

"...reminicent of Hood it may well be, but its also an intriguing leap further into electronic pulses, endless loops and jarring discordance. Where Hood are majestic, The Declining Winter is edgy, disturbing and anxious.” Sandman

ARTHUR AND MARTHA – www.myspace.com/arthurandmartha

With the marvellous pop gem of their debut single, “autovia”, Arthur and Martha demonstrate a mighty ability to sound both retro 80s’ style and futuristic. Think Broadcast or Stereolab mixed with New Order. Using a rag-tag collection of moogs, melodicas and an antique drum-machine, they penned songs for the happy robots to dance to. Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. Adam was the founding member of beard-stroking folkatronica indie-band, Saloon. Alice was in party-girl band The Duloks.

"a British spin on The Postal Service, or Aphex Twin remixing the contents of NME’s seminal ’C86’ tape" NME

BY THE FIRESIDE – www.myspace.com/bythefireside

A collective formed around the talented songwriter Daniel Lea. By The Fireside create hazy, lo-fi, alt-country sounds, described by Rough Trade on the release of their first ep as “mixing lo-fi loops with ramshackle folk”. They are a british counterpart to Sparklehorse & Lambchop together with more traditional elements of folk to the mix. Here church organs played backwards are layered over droning violins and keys evoke fairgrounds that have been buried by fires…because all the greatest stories end By The Fireside.

“not unlike a less daffy hybrid of Sufjan Stevens and Grandaddy” Rave Magazine