The Courtesy Group "2nd City Liquor" Album Launch Event

***SPECIAL GUEST*** Simon Munnery, Squalor Fan, Bobby Parker

Presented by: Centrala

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0	BIRMINGHAM: Centrala
P	Sunday 2nd September, 2018
N	5:00pm

Event information

NB: Tickets are available on the venue on Sunday but it will be £7 and it will be CASH ONLY.

The Sunday Xpress is proud to announce that they will be hosting the official launch event for The Courtesy Group's second album "2nd City Liquor." Joining them on the night will be a set by acclaimed surrealist comedian Simon Munnery (The League Against Tedium, Alan Parker Urban Warrior.)

The Courtesy Group are led by performance poet Al Hutchins, a "howlin' faggot-and-pea fuelled visionary" (Stewart Lee.) He is joined by the snake-fingered guitarist Hidehiko Nagai, a two-pronged bass attack of Dave Cochrane (Terminal Cheesecake) and Saul Hillier, and backed up by the drums behemoth that is Dave Baker.

Fans and critics alike have revelled in their confrontational and blistering shows, a furious mixture of Beefheart, Spike Milligan and The Birthday Party. "2nd City Liquor" puts in your ears many of the live favourites that have been honed and road-tested over the years, playing alongside legends and friends like the Nightingales, and acclaimed breakthrough acts like Bristol's Meatraffle.

They will be joined on the night by mysterious power duo Squalor Fan, and, keeping in with the Sunday Xpresses and Al Hutchins' roots, a performance poetry set by Kidderminster's Bobby Parker. More will be announced over the next few weeks.

The Sunday Xpress has been championing the voices of underground, outsider and side-lined writers and artists in the backstreets of Digbeth for 12 years. In recent years they have been showcasing some of what they consider to be "the best bands you've never heard in your life" to the pubs and arts venues they have made their home. They are thrilled to have one of their regulars, The Courtesy Group, launching their new album at their event.

In a break with tradition, and for the first time in 12 years, there will be a door tax - £5 adv from wegottickets.com, and more on the door. There will be no open mic at this event, but we hope that The Courtesy Group will bring an excellent "Mini-Meltdown" that will fit right in with what we do. We hope our regulars understand and don't shout "JUDAS!" at us when we see them next.

"Your absence is not required!"