Kiran Leonard: Two Day Residency

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Kiran Leonard’s unique and ambitious body of work spans more than a decade of releases on labels such as Memorials of Distinction, Moshi Moshi and Them There, limited-run noisy DIY fare, and everything in between. The adolescent guitar/chamber prog of early records such as Bowler Hat Soup (2013) and Grapefruit (2016) earned praise from Pitchfork, BBC 6Music, The Guardian and The Quietus. More recent work has seen Kiran attempt to synthesise interests in situated/home recording, collage, his live practice, and a combination of songcraft with graphic scores, as documented on the monumental (i.e. two-hour-long) and abstract Trespass on Foot (2021), and River Holds Peace, Some Live (2023), a collection of new and old material arranged for an ensemble of multiple electric guitars, cittern and double bass.

Kiran’s newest LP is Real Home, his first album of songs with choruses in half a decade, which in spring 2024 was named by The Guardian as one of the best albums of the year so far. In April he released Small Brown Bed/With You Waltz, a double CD compiling live recordings of his newest group, the so-called No Tailgate Group. Named for an unfortunate car accident sustained by the band while exiting the A40 last November, the band features members of caroline and Shovel Dance Collective.

Both nights at the Horse Hospital will open with a solo performance by Kiran, followed by a TBA support act in the middle, and then a full group performance.