Abstract Concrete + Mess Esque

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Nottingham Record Co-op, Gringo, Coffee Beat/JT Soar, Sonic Masala & Where's the Castle proudly present:

ABSTRACT CONCRETE

Charles Hayward's music is ultra charismatic and innovative. An English underground heavyweight that has been so influential and culturally rich. Honestly can't think of anything comparable. It means such a lot to have his next project play in Notts. Difficult to describe so I'm just going to say this is unmissable and use the quotes of others that nail it in a lighter way.

'Abstract Concrete is another big step for UK underground heavyweight Charles Hayward (This Heat, Camberwell Now), joined by some of the most exciting and forward-thinking young London players from a diversity of European underground and experimental scenes: Agathe Max, Roberto Sassi, Yoni Silver & Otto Willberg.'

'Combining sweet chamber pop hooks with dubwise bass, plaintive Balearic guitar licks, and a blend of folk and jazz-informed post punk, accompanied by lyrics that bend from the political to depressed toilet cleaning apparatus, Abstract Concrete follows a continuum of such melodic art school innovators as The Kinks, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt and Penguin Cafe Orchestra, as well as Hayward’s own experimental post punk past, all the while nodding to a childhood spent listening to folk and pop''
https://abstract-concrete.bandcamp.com/

MESS ESQUE
Mick Turner of Dirty Three, the mighty Tren Brothers (not to mention myriad side projects and solo work). No one plays like Mick. Makes it seem so simple, like one guitar could be the perfect accompaniment for anything at all. So much texture allowing simple and bold ideas to surface and blow your mind. Not much music can move you like this - beautiful, restful and breathtaking and with such an air of expansiveness.

Mess Esque starts here but in a more traditional infrastructure. 'Ripples of guitar and shudders of emotion into the bumps and grooves of songs with biologic inevitability. Mick Turner’s aquatic guitar moods are met where they live and breathe by the vocals and dream imagery of Helen Franzmann (aka McKisko), causing nights, moons, low tides and empty landscapes to simmer with raw passion'.
https://messesque.bandcamp.com/