Cats and Cats and Cats, A.Genuine.Freakshow, Joensuu 1685

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The second installment of Hooked On Music at The Lexington. This time we have three of the most exciting experimental bands from the UK and beyond.

This one will go off with a bang!

Cats & Cats & Cats
www.myspace.com/catsandcatsandcats

"Gorgeous in a ferocious kind of way" Steve Lamacq Radio 1

"A Mew that likes flowers and girls in red dresses and stuff" drownedinsound.com

"Enigmatic experimentation and sumptuous layering" Rock Sound

"Unmitigated brilliance." NME

A.Genuine.Freakshow
www.myspace.com/agenuinefreakshow

" 'A six-piece, experimental, post-everything, pop bonanza' and as you'll hear, A Genuine Freakshow are even better than that. What an absolutely marvellous band" Tom Robinson, BBC 6MUSIC

"Like Sigur Ros on a quirky pop binge, A Genuine Freakshow’s colliding style has you on the edge of your seat and is simply astounding." angryape.com

Joensuu 1685
www.myspace.com/joensuu1685

Joensuu 1685 is a rock trio from Finland, formed in Helsinki 2007 by two brothers Mikko Joensuu, Markus Joensuu and (of same name but not a relative) Risto Joensuu, all in their early twenties. They love to get drowned in overtones, feedbacks and noises, due to paint a soft but sizzling stream of big beauty. Repetitive bass riffs, powerful yet pretty restrained drumming, extensive guitar overtones, pastoral organs and Mikko's singing creates original soundscapes and adds something new to the scenes where they might draw their influences from: bluesy garage psychedelia from the late 60s to the wall of sounds in the 80s and early 90s.