Craven are a beautiful, dark Frankenstein´s monster of British folk music.

Their music is grinding and symphonic, but also delicate and ethereal. Their sound draws far and wide from punk, electronic music, and film music as well as traditional music from both Europe and the wider world.

The band who are on a UK tour to promote their new album 'The Fruits Of Idleness, Death and Disgrace' takes traditional music and upends it, using word-painting to create sound-worlds for age-old stories. From songs exploring transness, queerness, yearning and bitterness, to white-hot rage against injustice, Craven make a beautiful Frankenstein´s Monster of British folk music.

Craven’s performances leave you speechless and tearful, engrossing audiences from many genres and backgrounds. Their music is an exploration into the ideas and opportunities of what is possible for folk music.

Craven comprises Will Bremner (Accordions), Elian Moisey (Double Bass, Viola da Gamba) and Rhiannon Takel (Violin, Octave Mandola, Harmonium). They use stomp boxes, bells, a foot-keyed harmonium and a pedal operated 120 year old drum to create a maximal sound with minimal musicians. This use of live, raw sound production is integral to their visceral storytelling, and is a hair’s breadth from carnage.

Support is from TQ9's very own experimental electronic foot percussion and modular noise duo CAWDAHECK. Expect challenging music and performance from some familiar local faces to Things Happen Here!