Its increasingly tough to stand out in this growingly crowded musical field pulled under by darker waves and whatever comes after punk, but Working Mens Club find hope in the shadows and make a sharp case for distinction with an engrossing new single out this week (April 27) titled Circumference.. Inspired by the bleak winters in his hometown of Todmordon in Yorkshire, Syd Minsky-Sargaent and his band tear lumpy chunks out of the surrounding hills on their brilliant debut album, says Matty Pywell.
Trapped inside a town, inside my mind, Syd growls on Valleys. Also: big hooks. "For better or worse, we've not tried to learn that much about how the music business worksIt was purely us saying, 'I have no idea what they're going to play on the radio. #raisemyho, So much character TheIndie Basementcorner of the BrooklynVegan shopis well stocked withhand-picked vinyl, books and merch, including new albums by Kevin Morby, Belle & Sebastian, Porridge Radio, Spiritualized, Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, Aldous Harding, and King Hannah, not to mention classics from Pylon, Sparks, Spoon, Stereolab, Broadcast, Lilys, Nick Lowe, The Cribs, Goldfrapp, Oasis, Echo & The Bunnymen, Slowdive, Roxy Music, The Libertines, andmore. Syds allegiance to the North, in every sense, is clear. Two of the original members left, and since the band has gone through an evolution of members, now devoted to welding together the commanding punk sounds, present at the bands outset, with driving synth-heavy dance music. Now with a new lineup of the band,Minsky-Sargeant returns with WMC's second album which is more confident and hooky than their debut, mixing JG Ballard-style dystopian post-punk lyrical imagery with '80s synthpop and '90s rave. The busy time is upon us. Be the first to know when they tour near Wichita, KS, US, Join 6,914 fans getting concert alerts for this artist.
Post punk/new wave revival comparisons came quickly, but the single was not the roundest representation of who Working Mens Club are. This website uses cookies to help it run smoothly, Working Mens Club: The Wednesday Alternative Mix, Human Ritual, Architecture, Design & Culture at heart of Wonderfruit 2022. On a sad note, The Goon Sax broke up. I think its really important to say what you think otherwise it comes back to bite you. Theyve given a voice to somebody that has no understanding of who they are or where theyve come from, just some Eton schoolboy whose had their life pretty easy. Whilst retaining some degree of that early post punk energy, it is clear that the Working Mens Club machine has become an amalgamation of styles; their debut album wanders into the weird worlds of electronic and dance music, with even the odd psychedelic blemish. - Made during the pandemic with alt rock superproducers Flood and Alan Moulder -- whose combined CVis a Who's Who of alt rock (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Depeche Mode, New Order, Nick Cave, Smashing Pumpkins, etc) -- they've delivered abig, beautiful-sounding Interpol Album that, despite what the band are known for and the trying times during which they made it, is not a total bummer. 
This newly-realised sound first hit public ears in mid 2019 with the release of Teeth, which laid the foundations for their self-titled debut LP that finally saw the light of day in October last year. Once you appoint a house raiser or a builder and sign a contract with them, they will pay the QBCC Home Warranty Insurance. They bonded over '90s techno and acid house artists like LFO and 808 State and for years talked about making their own homage to that time. To refine their debut album, it was off to Sheffield for the help of producer Ross Orton, (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) Im huge admirers of there anti-establishment beliefs and the militant attitude, aswell as their music. #beforeandafter #raisem, The Christmas rush is upon us, our team busily rai, At Raise My House we endeavour to make the process. So do Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa and producer Boom Bip, Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa and producer Boom Bip(Bryan Charles Hollon) have been friends for more than a decade,beginning when she was enlisted asa touring member ofNeon Neon, Boom Bip's collab project with Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys. Working Mens Club debut album is out now via Heavenly Recordings. But I think its increasingly harder to try and feel any emotion to politics other than pain and defeat, he laughs. It's all gorgeous stuff and a few songs -- thedubby goodness of "The Garden" ft. Vanessa Briscoe Hay and the almost Interpol-esque "Led Astray" ft Jeremy Singer -- approach greatness. The design company will help you with this if need be and will provide the relevant town planning advice if its required for your project. If anything its all about honesty. Join Songkick Youll engage a private certifier to work with you and assess the application on behalf of the Council. 2022 Vanyaland. Whatever you wish to wear (and feel comfortable wearing). A pair of Numark USB decks and an old Mac. Underground Resistance. Indie Basementcorner of the BrooklynVegan shop, The Other Side Of Make-Believe by Interpol, Interpol - The Other Side of Make-Believe, the flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots, The Flaming Lips prep Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 20th anniversary box set, Our favorite songs of the week (playlist), The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots': still fighting fit at 20, Big Climate Thing fest: Haim switches to Sunday, single day tickets on sale, Spring Summer preps new LP produced by Warpaints Jenny Lee Lindberg (listen to Small Town), The Big Climate Thing fest announces daily lineups & tickets (BV presale). Im not going to take on those sorts of people, but I think its more important to talk about it and actually talk about it rather than just shout about it like an angry man. Syd has gone through line-up changes, with original members Giullia Bonometti and Jake Bogacki moving on and being replaced by Drenges Rob Graham, Mairead OConnor of The Moonlandingz and a new bass player in Liam Ogburn. Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close, This Show is Tonight: Hannah Einbinder at Arts at the Armory, Interview: Adam Conover on stand-up, Obama, and his love of the Red Sox, Micd Up: Bamford brings it back to Boston, Schwartz improvs in Medford, The Gray Man Review: A grayer shade of failure, V3 Weekend: ArtBeat, Nantucket Comedy Festival, Elm Street all nighter. Theres something lurking just underneath the sound surface of Working Mens Club that provides an unlikely embrace. If you look at where the best musics coming from in this country, its from the North of England. Joining The Circus: What to do for British Politics? 6,914 fans get concert alerts for this artist. 
ALBUM OF THE WEEK #1: Belief - Belief (LEX Records)Like early-'90s techno and acid house? The harshness of a Northern winter is no secret, a time in which the sky only seems to evolve into a slightly duller tone of grey, its hard to not let that greyness seep into your head. Archers of Loaf announced their first album in 24 years, and Sloan announced their 13th album. Reviews include: Belief, Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa and Boom Bip's ode to early-'90s techno and acid house; Working Men's Club mix '80s synthpop and '90s rave on their second album; ARP show off a lot of vintage synths and '80s electronic sounds on New Pleasures; andMISZCZYK enters trip-hop territory with help from members of Stereolab, Pylon and more. MISZCZYK - Thyris of Etna (We Are Time)An impressive list of collaborators, including members of Pylon and Stereolab, add to the allure of this gorgeous, engaging album by Toronto producerNyles Miszczyk. Somehow, welcoming 16 different singers to have their way with the music created a vibe that was more than anything I could have asked for. Tracks definitely bend toward the collaborator: Laetitia Sadier's "In the Dark," with it's vintage keyboards, chimes and groovy '60s rhythm, could be mistaken for a Stereolab song; "Bad Ride," featuring Chandra, is like a darker Sade; and Marker Starling brings an ornate, orchestral melancholy to "The Leaves." Raising your house might be the b, We love seeing our completed projects Get your tour dates seen by one billion fans: Working Men's Club is not playing near you. These of course are not the only records out this week and Andrew listens to Lil Silva, black midi, beabadoobee, and more in Notable Releases. I dont think anyone can comprehend, unless youve lived it, how dark and isolating a Northern winter can feel. who made Syd think about music in a different way. "That space between idea and reality, fact and fiction which drivesNew Pleasuresis so often inhabited by commerce, which conjures our fantasies for us, Georgopoulos says of the album's themes. Here's a bit of it: How do you follow up a universally praisedrecord? Get into and within Circumference below. 'Building Something Beautiful For Me' is an ode to the late, great American composer's musical influence. There we find desire. We think we're immune to its psychology because we're conscious of it, but in some ways, it drives everything." #rais, Before & After Shot Alexis Georgopoulos definitely knows his way around vintage gear, and his first album in four years is a delight of modern spins on classic sounds. The Flaming Lips' biggest selling album, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, just turned 20 and I wrote retrospective feature elsewhere on the site. Giving everybody the creative freedom to do whatever they wanted meant that I was inviting chaos as a bedfellow, saysNyles. - Loraine James pays homage to Julius Eastman on new album for Phantom Limb. I don't know any of these music business hot topics'. #, What a transformation The MES comparison extended beyond his management style, as his sprechgesang delivery and taut guitar lines often sounded like The Fall in their early-'90s era when they dabbled in electronics. For his debut album, he invited 16 artists to collaborate with him on as many tracks, includingStereolab'sLaetitia Sadier, Chad VanGaalen,Pylon'sVanessa Briscoe Hay,Chandra,The Space Lady,MotoristsCraig Fahner, Nigerian rapperNAI,Marker Starlingand more. I was working in a caf and I got to go in at 8am in the morning, itd be dark, and Id come out at 5:30pm and it would be dark. Need more? MISZCZYK, aka musician and producer Nyles Miszczyk (and not the mischievous bowler-hattedimp wholoves tomess with the Super Friends), has been part of the Toronto scene since the '00s and was, among other things, instrumental in no wave artistChandra's recent reemergence. Jaws are clenched, microphones are gripped tightly, and the party is going way too late, but nervy, sweaty tunes like "Widows," "Ploys," "Cut," "Rapture," and "Circumference" are too good to go home. Not exactly a DJ but a group made up of the finest Detroit Legends there are in my opinion (and they can definitely DJ too). Their debut single Bad Blood immediately stood out from their contemporaries with an addictive hook and the first hint of Syd Minsky-Sargents unflinching proclamations a cry of be happy when the sun rains! Photo credit: Andy Nichols. Its about trying to be as direct and open to some of my emotions in a way other people could feel, he says. His own music is dark and dubby,and feels like it was born in the late-'90s at an independent record store like Other Music where Tindersticks, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Mouse Mouse on Mars, Clinic and Broadcast were in regular rotation. We hardly knew ye. This is the last step before the physical work is carried out. But maybe its just so they can lick each others arses. #raisemyhouse #houser, Awesome project under way on James St Pick up a copy on vinyl.The Other Side Of Make-Believe by Interpol. Find information on all of Working Men's Clubs upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2022-2023. In 2016 they started recording at Eric Wareheim's L.A. So, its kinda crazy that the whole music industrys based in London. And if, before all of this, you managed to attend one of Working Mens Clubs live shows, you may be familiar with Syd donning a T-shirt with the word Socialism almost a staple for the band. - View all concerts. - Absolutely Studios with a creative ethos that nodded to the late LFO cofounder. The album sounds authentically Northern, something that could only have been made by the influence of its surroundings. Where 2018'sZebraluxuriated in lush rainforest textures,New Pleasuresin firmly in the city.
I think its depressing to know that in a predominantly working-class place people are fooled by bullshit spouted by the right wing. Want to see Working Men's Club in concert? ", ARP - New Pleasures (Mexican Summer)Lush synth instrumentals that recall a gleaming '80s. Working Mens Club make a sharp case for distinction with Circumference. Sorry have a new album on the way too, as do Fujiya & Miyagi. It will be interesting to hear how it translates live. I enjoy confusing people, he says. Looking for more? Uncompromising and unashamed, Working Mens Club say it exactly how they see it and make what they want when they want, no strings can be attached. This is only required in some instances. But this is a record meant for the club and I think Mark Bell would've approved. Heavy on atmosphere but with few single-worthy standouts (including the excellent title track), New Pleasures could've been the soundtrack to any number of Reagan-era films -- Risky Business, Wall Street, To Live and Die in LA, Koyaanisqatsi --where even amongst the penthouses, pavement and teeming masses, it's a jungle out there.