The Sleeveens (US)

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Sonic Masala combines with EFBAS for the first time to bring Tennessee creeps The Sleeveens to Nottingham!

When Irish-born Count Vaseline/The Mighty Stef songwriter Stef Murphy met Stiff Little Fingers guitar tech
Jamie Mechan in Nashville, Tennessee, it began a musical partnership of the highest order . After cranking out a few tunes at Mechan’s fledgling studio, 302 Sound, the duo started recruiting other musicians. The band was rounded out by drummer Ryan Sweeney (Cheap Time) and Eli Steele (Sweet Knives.) Dubbing themselves The Sleeveens, an Irish term for a trixter, the band got to work. After recording and releasing their highly-touted “Give My Regards To The Dancing Girls” 45rpm single on Sweeney’s Sweet Time Records, they finished off their 11 track debut LP . The quartet were soon approached by longrunning punk label Dirtnap Records (Marked Men, Exploding Hearts) for the album’s 2024 release.
The resulting LP is an homage to the kind of classic punk Chiswick, New Rose and Stiff Records were releasing 45 years before The Sleeveens existed. With earworm melodies and screaming guitars, the foursome have crafted one of the best albums of the year . Murphy’s penchant for charmingly brilliant, matter-of-fact lyricism has a similar poetic quality as Mark E. Smith or Jonathan Richman. With expert mastering by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs) to put the finishing touches on the sound, The Sleeveens is a record that is simultaneously uncompromisingly raw and thoughtfully crafted.

https://thesleeveens.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleeveens

Sinews takes us into darker yet no less enthralling realms. “The Oxford four-piece draw on classic and post-modern gothic images and build their heavy-as-hell sound from favourite 80s and 90s touchstones…Singer and guitarist Richard Bell (also one half of Oxford’s widely loved DIY promotions team Divine Schism) speaks of the record “sound[ing] like all the bands I’ve loved my whole life [eg. Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Pixies and also Pavement and Swervedriver]” - bands Sonic Masala and EFBAS consider the building blocks of their own sonic milieu. It helps that their latest EP is so goddamn killer too…

https://sinewstheband.bandcamp.com/album/reanimated-ep

TV Crime are Nottingham’s premier pub rock band. They lead from the front and never drop tha ball. They are back with a vengeance and promise to rip 2025 into shreds.

https://tvcrime.bandcamp.com/album/metal-town

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JT ACCESSABILITY INFO..

Entrance to the venue is via a single 4” step from the street, for which we have a portable ramp available upon request. Our main room is a single level gig space with no stage. It is primarily standing room only but have chairs available if required. Access to the toiler, merch and quiet space area is via a single 6” step, for which we have a ramp available upon request. The toilet itself has a sloped entrance leading to a single cubicle with space for a wheelchair and handrails on the door and walls. Quiet space available upon request. All events are all ages, and offer free entry for personal assistants. We aim to be as inclusive as possible, if you have any accessibility requests, suggestions or comments don’t hesitate to get in touch at jtsoarspace@gmail.com.