Haress with support from David Birchall (Journeys to ... Stone Circle film)

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So delighted to be bringing Haress back to Bishops' House, one of our very, very favourite bands.

Dark, traditional and magically cosmic sounds from deep within Rural Britain.
Haress are base in the Shropshire Hills occasionally venturing out for live performances with the likes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Shovel Dance Collective, Big Brave, Steve Von Till and appearances at Supersonic and Krankenhaus , and Acid Horse Festivals
Their critically acclaimed LP's Ghosts 2022 and Skylarks 2025 are out of Wrong Speed Records



"When the voices emerge in Skylarks it feels truly euphoric and heavy. Not heavy as in metal, but heavy as in the Earth itself - a primal, joyful gut punch to the system." Wrong Speed Records

"This blissed-out psychedelia is not quite pastoral – there’s nothing twee about these unwinding grooves – yet evokes water and wood, light and shadow, a place of forgotten labour and the absent human form with a beguiling grace" - Luke Turner on Ghosts, The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2022

"That timelessness of the old sounds but with an added tripped out modernity and dissonance hooked into the past by the power of drone is magical and exhilarating stuff – they are truly spellbinding – ancient and modern like British ragas or a damp searching for the soul of England take on the desert blues of a Tinariwen" - Jon Robb reviews Krankenhaus Festival 2023, Louder Than War

https://haress.bandcamp.com/album/skylarks

With support from David Birchall

The ‘Journeys to…’ films capture various walks and approaches to stone circles and other ancient monuments. Mainly in the Peak District close to Manchester where I live but some other excursions in Wales and at Silbury Hill in Wiltshire pop up. Inspired by a heavy lean into Derek Jarman’s Journey to Avebury they’re all shot on digital 8mm handheld style. The performance is about 40 minutes long with live electric guitar improvisation. I’m really excited to present these; finding a way to fold my musical work in with my regular Derbyshire stones psychogeographic explorations has been a real voyage of discovery.