Leeds Lives Live Rides Again - The Hard Light Special

Phil Rochester & Charlie Birkenshaw give you all the information about the Not So Silent Night by Hard Light which is on at The Fox & Newt on Friday 13th December 2024. Plus another song by Contrail from their single launch at The Hyde Park Book Club on the 16th!

Event by Cabaret Chris, Paul Morricone and 3 others
The Fox & Newt
Duration: 3 hr 30 min
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Hard Light are proud to present a not so silent night of dark electronica for December 2024!
Featuring:
Paul Morricone (headline)
Cinematic dark dance from elsewhere.
“A dream collaboration between Scott Walker and Massive Attack”. Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music
“A mix of intensity and psychedelic easy listening” Electronic Sound
“A bit of a legend” Charlie Ashcroft, Amazing Radio
Not to be missed!
With support from:
St Lucifer
Manchester based black metal gay disco.
"Cheeky with a touch of snark with rebel throughout the rhythm, ['Disgraceland'] is an album you can’t not
listen to yet can’t guess how the next song will go.
Brilliance in the songwriting with a crafty ‘fuck you’ dabbled in random places place this album at the
beginning of our best of list." (Jammerzine)

GnomeFoam (Bradford)
Ecletic. Electronic. Excess.
"The Internet features a lot of artists who offer their music for free, but let’s face it: most of them are not
worth your time. Gnomefoam is a laudable exception, and everyone you can imagine to like music that
has a lo-fi charm combined with the experimentalism of a Max Tundra, plus a dose of over-caffeinated
Why?
You must check out Gnomefoam’s latest stroke of genius. There is no way you are going to regret it!"
(www.disagreement.net)

DOBERWOMAN (Leeds)
Electro riot grrl: feminist punk for the digital age.
"Sharp and sublime...brilliant songwriting, amazing voice and wonderful stage presence combined with
very relevant statements about our time" (Night Shift Goth Events)
"Absolutely terrifying, but in a really good way" (Professor Elemental)
"This is music that NEEDS to be heard" (Comic Sans Band)

And your host (and first performer for the evening's entertainment)
A short Dark Stranger (Leeds)
Poetic, pumping power pop performed with passion.
"The sound of a man trying to start an impromptu party at an open mic with the aid of his keyboard, a
belly full of wine and a sheet of incisive lyrics.
It’s the kind of joyous, opinion splitting madness that could only have come from the ever-fertile music
scene in LS6." (Andy Brown, Louder Than War magazine)
"A short Dark Stranger - if you went to Butlins in Twin Peaks..." (Still Forever)

Ticket link to follow. £6 advance, £8 OTD.

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Contrail Single Release + Special Guests
Monday 16 December 2024
7:30pm 11:00pm
Hyde Park Book Club
27-29 Headingley LaneLeeds, LS6 1BLUnited Kingdom (map)
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contrail:
Leeds-based contrail are your dad’s new favorite band—delivering a dynamic mix of melancholic
introspection and chaotic energy. The five-piece alt-rock outfit will sweep you away with their wispy
vocals, blazing saxophones, and crushing guitars. Contrail’s deeply personal lyrics explore relationships,
mental health, and grief, touching on the existential dread of modern life. Drawing inspiration from 90s
legends like Radiohead, Elliott Smith, and American Football, as well as modern alt-heroes Title Fight
and Alex G, Contrail’s sound is as thought-provoking as it is emotionally charged.

Welfare State:
Joining the bill are Welfare State, a Leeds based Post-Punk five piece with wider influences of
Shoegaze. The band, new to the scene, are already a mainstay and have established a strong following.

Dan Gifford

Finally we have Dan Gifford:
Fusing the songwriting influence of Neil Young, Elliot Smith and Nick Drake with the guitars of Nirvana.

Any fans of Wunderhorse or Fontaines DC will fit right in.
Dandelion is a symbol of hope with lyrics to match.