thursday 2nd november

architects of harmonic rooms proudly present…

castanets: the core of the castanets is the lyrical and musical talent of raymond raposa. the son of expatriate journalists, raposa tested out of high school at the age of 15 and traveled the u.s. via greyhound bus off and on for the next four years. this unusual educational experience spawned a musical vision that reflects a disquieting sub-strata of american life.
he creates music that is epic and inspiring. from somber love ballads to haunted tales of frustrated redemption, the delivery is potent and devoid of cliche or sentimentalism. on sufjan stevens’s label asthmatic kitty. www.asthmatickitty.com/

phosohoresent: former fillup shack frontman turned phosphorescent is mathew houck.. curly haired, calm and swirling with a smooth magnetic southern voice. and the new album (recorded with members of the clairvoyants) one hundred times or more (wrm109) takes the bold right step forward, eschewing easy options: no simple songwriter shtick or acoustic coffee-bar bag. instead, a whorl of slowed and stretched out songs, with the cracked vocals reminiscent of will oldham or damien jurado alongside a high reedy organ swallowed by fuzz and thrum and squall. rough cut, it unfolds and unfurls and reveals itself to be a masterful, powerful thing, dense and dark and coiled and restless.
www.thewarmsupercomputer.com/bands.php

tickets will be sold on the door but will also be available to purchase in advance from jumbo and crash in leeds city centre

the burley liberal club burley rd, ls4 2et 8.30 £5

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