SUMMER CAMP (single launch) / SPECTRALS / BABE SHADOW
Thursday 8th April, 2010
The Lexington
96-98 PENTONVILLE ROAD, London, N1 9JB
7.30pom / £7
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The identities of one of everyone's biggest musical adores of recent months have been revealed! Those hounds over at Stool Pigeon have exclusively revealed that Summer Camp are not, as initially claimed, a group of seven Swedes who met at summer camp when they were teenagers, but in fact are troubadour Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey! Backed by others live, Summer Camp will release their first single on Moshi Moshi in April, and this will be their first memorable first full live appearance proper, in order to celebrate. Musically it's hard not to be instantly charmed by their idyllic, infectious love songs where distortion-wrapped boy/girl vocals innocently swoon and swoop over heavenly guitars and synths. Perfectly formed and steeped in aching nostalgia for hazy aural enjoyment, their instantly effective pop pick-me ups are the sound of summer love and the perfect antidote to a seemingly never ending winter.
Spectrals is a British 60s influenced noise pop project fronted by one man, simply known as 'L'. Playing the kind of reverb soaked psych pop backed with inaudible vocals, that sounds like it could have been recorded at Gold Star in 1965. He’s put out material on U.S. label Captured Tracks - darlings of the lo-fi scene who are responsible for the brilliant likes of Thee Oh Sees, Blank Dogs and Woods and is currently on tour with Girls. Enigmatic as his title suggests, here is a perfect chance to learn more about the man.
http://www.myspace.com/spectralspectral
London's Babe Shadow are the type of musical incarnation with songs impossible to dislodge from the brain for days on end. They emcompass both a traditional folk sound that references a feverent melting-pot so prevelant in the capital right now, whilst also embracing an otherworldly tropical oasis of holiday fun, sporting an uplifting and almost beach-reminciscent playground of musical frivolity. Calling to mind everything from Mystery Jets to XTC, beefed with a clear pop sensibility, the duo (backed by live band) appear here before a high profile support slot on the upcoming May Florence and Machine tour.
www.myspace.com/babeshadowband
Plus Rockfeedback DJs will be spinning records between the bands.
Buy Tickets
Doors are at 7.30pm, and it takes place at The Lexingto, 96-98 Pentonville Road (Angel/Kings Cross tube) on Thursday 8th April.
