LONDON: Upset The Rhythm @ Bush Hall

Tuesday 2nd May, 2023

7:30pm

Event information

LLOYD / BEAN is a new project from Robert Lloyd (of The Nightingales) and Janet Beveridge-Bean from alt-country duo Freakwater. Robert dared to approach Janet with the idea of recording together. Over the course of the long pandemic, songs were bandied about for months, and when recording was finally practical, a band was assembled with dates set up for a recording session in Valencia, Spain. Robert and Janet were joined by Robert's long-time ally, Pete Byrchmore, the musical foil for Robert's solo album on Virgin and a former Nightingale, Mark Bedford, the bassist for Madness and Terry Edwards' Near Jazz Experience, and Pablo Roda, Spanish mystery drummer, couldn't have worked out more perfectly.
Tracks were selected without regard for collective presentation, just the goal of walking out of the studio with an album of perfect gems. Forget Lee & Nancy or George & Tammy, Rob and Janet have an immediate chemistry that only sounds long-lived - and too uniquely them to merit any comparison. The title track, Black Cat, Dark Horse is the sole Lloyd / Bean / Byrchmore composition and one of the record's highlights. Jim Elkington, collaborator with Jeff Tweedy and Richard Thompson, contributes Heavy Reckonings and a song written with Janet, The True Lovers' Knot And The Lie, while Robert adds reworkings from past releases - Sweet Georgia Black and Black Country (with Pete) - not to mention the unreleased Eggs And Bacon. Janet brought One Shot and the unheard Freakwater song Arc Of A Smile.
We daresay the album is among the finest you'll hear in 2023. The Michael Cumming / Stewart Lee film King Rocker made a case for Robert Lloyd-as-lost- hero; this album furthers that idea and shows a compelling side of Janet's talent and abilities which will be a surprise to her fans and serve as an entry point to exploring her many other compelling projects. For this one and only performance of the forthcoming ‘Black Cat, Dark Horse’ album Lloyd / Bean will be joined by Mark Bedford, Peter Byrchmore and drummer extraordinaire Lindy Morrison of The Go-Betweens.
https://lloydbean.bandcamp.com/album/black-cat-dark-horse

310 Uxbridge Road
London W12 7LJ

www.upsettherhythm.co.uk

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