Goodbye released their debut EP These Things Take Time a couple of weeks ago on 26th March, but the launch tour didn’t arrive in Brighton until last night so here’s our slightly late post about it. Since their arrival on the scene eighteen months ago Goodbye have been ones to watch, and their EP fulfills the promise they’ve shown. Shimmering guitars that rise and fall brush up against soaring vocals, one moment powerful then in a moment gentle like gossamer. It’s dream pop, it’s shoegaze, it’s what you should be listening to in our opinion.
Support at the gig came from newcomers Lindow Man, half of whom were former members of blog favourites Van Zon. Lindow Man hit harder than Van Zon ever did on record, but some of their last gigs before their split hinted at harder material so maybe this is what became of those songs. I haven’t seen any line ups at all yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them on the line up of an alt escape bill next month somewhere, if you do want to try and catch them.
These Things Take Time by Goodbye is out now:
If you’re anything like me, you probably aren’t really aware of Tinderbox. Maybe if you were paying attention you might have seen a poster for this week’s Human Interest gig at the Hope & Ruin and thought they were promoters. Actually, Tinderbox is a non profit artist development and music production house, based in Sussex and funded by the Arts Council. In their own words the “exist to make sure cool, diverse music keeps getting made by cool, diverse working artists, who increasingly can’t afford to get into the studio”. The team behind Tinderbox are made up of Lucy Sheehan from Projector, producer / engineer Ben Hampson, who’s been involved an impressive list of bands from Brighton and beyond, and Suzi Ireland, a music industry professional with decades of experience across management, promotion and journalism.
As of last night, Brighton has a new venue! Exciting news, but let’s cut quickly to what often gets quietly glossed over when a “new” pub or venue opens up in Brighton – more often than not, it’s an old pub or venue that’s reopened. As you may have already guessed from its name and our accompanying photo, WaterBear Music Bar – the second venue in town opened by WaterBear Music College – is what most people probably know as Latest Music Bar. It’s actually been Manchester Street Arts Centre since early last year, and people with longer memories might remember it as the original home of the Komedia, Akademia (a bar / venue owned by Brighton uni), or Joogleberry. It’s actually been an entertainment venue of sorts ever since it was first built over 200 years ago as Kentfield Billiard Rooms. (If you want to pick up some interesting Brighton trivia, look up Edwin Kentfield)
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