LEEDS: The Brudenell Social Club

Monday 2nd December, 2013

7:30pm

Event information

To celebrate the Brudenell's 100th Birthday and the imminent release of their tenth studio album, 'I Hate Music', Chapel Hill's finest visit Leeds for the first time in forever. Mac McCaughan's indie-punk four piece return to the UK to play the ATP End On An Era Weekender in November and a gig in London. We're delighted to tempt them north to play The Brudenell Social Club on December 2nd, the bands only other UK show.

To make the night all the more special, we have added their old touring buddies Girls Against Boys in support. The NYC via Washington, DC post-hardcore outfit are back with a new EP, 'The Ghost List', their first new material in eleven years. These are the band's first UK live shows since a memorable ATP performance in 2008. GvsB are due to team up with The Jesus Lizard's David Yow for some gigs in the States this autumn before joining Superchunk at Camber Sands in November.

Between them, these two bands have been making a noise for more than fifty years, inspiring thousands of punk and rock bands along the way. To be able to host a fairly intimate party in our favourite venue is a genuine pleasure. Tickets are on sale now.

http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/superchunk

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/11/209603080/first-listen-superchunk-i-hate-music

http://www.gvsb.com/

http://www.stereogum.com/1416891/girls-against-boys-60-is-greater-than-15/mp3s/

http://www.stereogum.com/1331102/girls-against-boys-its-a-diamond-life/mp3s/

SUPERCHUNK BIO:

Superchunk will release I Hate Music, their tenth studio album, on August 20.

After taking nearly a decade off following the release of Here's to Shutting Up, Mac, Laura, Jon, and Jim decided to shout it out again in 2010 with Majesty Shredding, an album perfectly described by its own title. It's a celebratory set of whoa-whoa-whoas from a group so thrilled by making music together again that they can't contain themselves.

The band's forthcoming release, I Hate Music, is Majesty's dark twin. It's similarly aggressive-often moreso (see "Staying Home")-and every bit as energetic. It reflects the joys of a life spent immersed in music ("Me & You & Jackie Mittoo," "Trees of Barcelona"), but there's a dark undercurrent as well. That title isn't tongue-in-cheek, but it's really more a question than a statement: When you're 20, lazy co-workers and romantic missteps number among your biggest worries; two decades later, life's bigger questions knock louder and louder, demanding answers.

I Hate Music is an album about love more than anything else: love of life, love of living, love of people, and yeah, love of music. It defies its own title so completely and diligently that it never even seems like a fair fight: There's no pain this deep or yearning this severe without the type of love earned over a lifetime. "I hate music ? what is it worth? / Can't bring anyone back to this earth" goes the first line in "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo." That song and its ten companions can't relive the past or resurrect those lost, but they can keep them close enough to see and hear and celebrate. It's dark in here, but if we conjure the right words and sounds, maybe we'll find our way out.

Venue information

LEEDS: The Brudenell Social Club

0	33 Queens Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 1NY
>	www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
!	01132752411
`	Live music will generally begin around 30 minutes after doors open.