Bambara
| 0 | CAMBRIDGE: Green Mind @ The Portland Arms (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Wednesday 3rd September, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm |
| . | 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - General |
Event information
"Bambara have evolved from Birthday Party-ish post punk to the more melodic Birthmarks. Letters To Sing Sing thunders along like Fontaines DC, Face Of Love's crepuscular funk is laced with MBV-style guitars while Elena's Dream haunts with Twin Peaks disquiet. An enthralling fever dream of an album. ****" - MOJO
"Birthmarks" is a reincarnation of sorts for the trio - twin brothers Reid (vocals) and Blaze Bateh (drums), alongside childhood friend William Brookshire (bass) - altogether. Five years removed from "Stray", and three from their 2022 EP "Love On My Mind", "Birthmarks" inevitably arrives with the weight of a new chapter after a lengthy absence. Long ago having established their brand of magnetic darkness - equally formed by the grit of their adopted New York City home and the mysterious corners of the Georgian swamps that raised them - Bambara found themselves in a period of slow, laborious evolution. Birthmarks emerges directly from the band's favoured aesthetics and themes but captures them with a new sense of sonic adventurousness and thematic subtlety, resulting in a collection of songs that are somehow both the band's most apocalyptic and most poignant.
