One Little Atlas

A two-piece taking the less travelled path around the city’s live venues.
Over the past few years, OLA - comprising Dean Jones and Kevan Hardman have performed on stages at the John Rylands Library, Manchester Cadthedral and Whitworth Art Gallery, working in collaboration with fellow Manc creatives such as Video Jam, artist Alison Erika Forde and writer David Gaffney.
Such thinking outside the box is de rigueur for a band that shows as much imagination in their venue choices as they do in their sonic experiments.
Hard to pin down, their music is characterised by its questing, forward momentum, guitars and delicate orchestral elements into great dream-pop odysseys.
Complex listening that never gets too wrapped up in its own ideas, OLA stand at the forefront of the Manc music’s experimental new wave.
(MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS - SOUND BREAKERS FEATURE)