LOCOMOTIVA, saturday 17th April

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>>> Saturday 17th April

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (Scotland)
The music of North Atlantic Oscillation has soaring harmonies and loud guitars and dreamy synths and heavy drums and strange effects and unexpected changes-of-mind. NAO have recently completed their debut album 'Grappling Hooks', which was released in March. The band are based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and have played throughout the UK as well as in Ireland, France and Spain.
http://www.myspace.com/naoband

SENNEN (Norwich)
Sennen are a shoegazing band from Norwich, UK. The band first came to prominence supporting the likes of Ulrich Schnauss, The Early Years, Editors, The Telescopes, Explosions In The Sky and Mark Gardener of Ride. In 2009, Sennen released the 'Destroy Us' EP. The Sunday Times made the EP their 'hottest download of the week' and described the band as 'dream-pop bliss'bafflingly underrated'. The band are due to release their third album 'Age of Denial' in April 2010.
http://www.myspace.com/sennenwidows

THE TAMBORINES (London)
Fuzz rockers from London, released their first single by legendary label Sonic Cathedral.
"Insanely catchy chorus + INCREDIBLY LOUD guitars = perfect pop music!" NME
"'Sally O'Gannon' sounds like pop songs probably did way back when The Byrds were flying 'Eight Miles High' and so forth" DROWNED IN SOUND
http://www.myspace.com/thetamborines

EPIC45 (Staffordshire)
Inspired by their surroundings, blissful childhood summers and mysterious / inspiring walks Epic45 have been making music for more than a decade.
Their latest album 'May Your Heart be the Map' (released themselves via the 'Make Mine Music' co-operative label) sees Epic45 concentrating on a more bucolic sound, mixing cyclical acoustic guitars, chiming reverbs and field recordings. Using a blend of analogue tape and digital editing/processing, they create a sense of hazy half-remembered childhood memories yet still reflect the harsher realities of modern life.
http://www.epic45.com/
http://www.myspace.com/epic45

LIBRARY TAPES (Sweden)
Library Tapes' music sits somewhere between classical, ambient and experimental, but is always beautiful, subtle and affecting. Whilst early recordings were based largely on piano and field recordings, 2008's 'A Summer Beneath the Trees', their second long player for Make Mine Music, saw a move away from the minimal sound of previous releases, with rich layers of strings and a range of other instruments taking a more prominent role.
http://www.myspace.com/librarytapes

EAT LIGHTS; BECOME LIGHTS (London)
North London's finest heavy krautrock/drone outfit - Imagine Kraftwerk played by Spacemen 3 and you will be somewhere close. Signed to Enraptured records, Eat lights; Become lights have received great critical acclaim in the press and are currently finishing up their debut album to be released in the next couple of months.
"Eat lights; Become lights...From London but sound like Dusseldorf residents...mixes krautrock rhythms and celestial drones to heavenly effect" NME Magazine
http://www.myspace.com/eatlightsbecomelights

SPOTLIGHT KID (Nottinghan)
Sprawling, swirling guitars with the band's new line-up. Much like the first album 'Departure'( ClubAC30) the trancey droning psychedelia remains, shifting through the hazy grooves of Velvet Underground and Secret Machines through to the uplifting beauty of Lush, MBV and Swervedriver, cutting a glance in the right direction of Shoegaze, Krautrock and 90's Psychedelia' Only this time the sound is bigger and more wondrously beautiful.
http://www.myspace.com/spotlightkidsound

CODES IN THE CLOUDS (Kent)
'Easy comparisons of their work float right to the top with all the gusto that you'd expect of Explosions In The Sky or Mogwai. Hailing from the UK, Codes starts with all the right moves and then goes quiet only to erupt in a monolith of sound minutes later.' - THE DROP (US)
'A highly successful exercise in epic instrumental music.' - Boomkat Records
http://www.myspace.com/codesintheclouds