Wandering Oak: The Holydrug Couple (CL)

Monday 2nd September
Wandering Oak brings you:

• The Holydrug Couple • (Chile. Sacred Bones Records)
The Holydrug Couple began in Santiago, Chile in 2008, a little over a half-decade after Ives and Manu met for the first time. The two young friends hadn't seen each other in a few years when Manu texted Ives to tell him that he bought a drum kit. They started jamming, and a week later, the band was formed. A flurry of songwriting activity followed, culminating in 2011's Ancient Land EP and 2013's Noctuary, both of them with American label Sacred Bones.

After extensive touring through North America and Europe, the band returned with sophomore full-length Moonlust in May of 2015. Consisting of what the band calls an "unreal group of songs for one of the best non-existing movies of all time", the ambitious Soundtrack for Pantanal (Recorded in 2014 along with Moonlust) was dropped in 2017 with their Chilean based label BYM Records. Returning to their home studio in Santiago and inspired by exhaustion from uber capitalism, unrelenting sensory overload and classic pop records of the '60s and '70s, The Holydrug Couple applied their cerebral psych tone to the melodic, sonically rich and highly evocative set of songs that form 2018's Hyper Super Mega.

FFO Tame Impala / Serge Gainsbourg / The Beach Boys
https://theholydrugcouple.bandcamp.com/

• Nano Kino •
The dream pop manoeuvres of Sarah Suri & Duncan Lloyd, with Tom English (moonlighting from Maximo Park Official), and Andy Martin. Their songs journey from hypnotic rhythms to ethereal euphoria, and it's a joyful rarity that we can be swept along on the ride. Don't miss!

FFO Amber Arcades / Broadcast / Cocteau Twins
http://nanokinoband.com/ 

• Spell Token •
The baroque pop of a post-digital landscape. Expect an ethereal, melodic and cinematic blend of live electronics and acoustic intimacy.
FFO Sufjan Stevens / Bon Iver / Flaming Lips
https://spelltoken.bandcamp.com/

Advance tickets available from SEE Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-holydrug-coup...
From TicketWeb UK:
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-holydrug-couple...
From Alt Tickets:
https://www.alttickets.com/the-holydrug-couple-tic...
Also available over the bar at The Cluny (without booking fee) and RPM Music / Beatdown Records / Reflex CD Vinyl Newcastle / 586 Records

The Cluny
36 Lime Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 2PQ

For ages 18+ only, from 7:30pm