Jealous Live
Thursday September 13th
Brudenell Social Club
Hyde Park, Leeds
£6.00 / £5.00 advance
Chin Up Chin Up
The band possesses a palpable energy. Guitars trade melodies as conversations on "Water Planes In Snow" and if the vocal melody of "Mansioned" isn’t stuck in your head instantly, well, you’re not listening hard enough. The record kicks off with a loving homage to Minnesota, as Bolen croons on about dry humping the abyss. "This Harness Can’t Ride Anything" thus sets the tone for the record; a distinct and singular vision of adulthood, Chin Up Chin Up are all post–pubescent heartache and broken barstools. The album searches for beauty in places where no beauty exist and as the album closes with "Trophies For Hire", you can literally feel the mileage of looking for too much, in a land where there is too little.
"Chin Up Chin Up’s sound owes much to artists like 90 Day Men, June of 44, Slint, and Tortoise; the albums busy guitar parts, xylophones, and unwieldy song titles all scream math–rock. Yet on this record, the band sound like they’re growing out of and beyond that scene. You can hear it clearly on the title track, which opens with swirling keyboards and an acapella vocal before the fastest rhythm of the album takes hold, which the band stops and starts around moody interludes and strange group harmonies." (Pitchfork Media)
Held By Hands
Held By Hands are from Leeds and on Jealous Records. They are already incredible despite having barely played live, they have a super E.P CD out now on To And Fro Records which you can buy from Jealous. They are multi instrumentalists, featuring members of Hooray! Say The Roses and influenced by the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Microphones and Beirut.
Copy Haho
Fabulous stuff from north Scotland, influences range from The Shins to Unwound to Built To Spill, fantastic you have to hear how catchy they are. A single is due out in the autumn on Jealous Records.
"Granite City four piece Copy Haho possess the kind of youthful energy usually reserved for a toddler at the peak of a sugar rush. Copy Haho present two songs that carry fragile vocals entwined with catchy guitars and incessant drum rhythms. Incredibly difficult to categorise, incredibly easy to get into."
(Is This Music? Magazine)