Fizzi Events & BlueBox Promotions presents
Shhh…Apes!
JESS HALL
ROGUE JONES
Thursday 1st May 2014
Four Bars at Dempseys, Cardiff
8pm / 18+
£4adv from
Spillers Records
RESCHEDULED FROM THE 27th MARCH ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID
SHHH…APES!
First conceived as an attempt to combine the captivating, soundtracky atmosphere of Portishead and Massive Attack with the intimate minimalism of Low, the debut EP from Shhh…Apes! contains all the beauty and weight that implies. However, on the five songs which make up ‘The Shape Of Apes To Come’, this Cardiff sextet have hit on a sound that’s highly personalised and evades simple pigeonholes.
Mark Foley, the founding member of Shhh…Apes!, is one of the busiest people in Welsh music. As well as playing in several bands since the mid-00s (among others: Vito, Strange News From Another Star, Martin Carr’s post-Boo Radleys project Bravecaptain and The Secret Show, with Matt Davies of Funeral For A Friend), he runs a rehearsal/recording studio called Musicbox and does the odd bit of globetrotting as a tour manager to boot. This schedule partly explains why Shhh…Apes! has existed as a concept for five years, but has only kicked into gear in 2013.
Check out Shhh….Apes! latest release –
JESS HALL
Jess Hall creates impassioned, convention-breaking, intense, thought-provoking, dark/uplifting songs inspired by Contemporary Folk and Trip-hop. Singing in both English and Welsh, Jess plays piano and harmonium and is joined by Noel Doak on double bass, percussion and live looping.
“like Edith Piaf… really special, like Bjork, like PJ Harvey, these heroines who have innovated, who have defied the established order. And the words… God damn they’re good lines!” – BBC Radio Cymru.
“Her voice paints vivid word pictures, framed and dissected with unusual directness and soulfulness while remaining eerily other-worldly. It’s all delivered beautifully with expert phrasing and supreme sangfroid, ably assisted by the multi-talented Noel Doak. You can almost touch the words and hear the vista. A broad palate, mixed seamlessly to provide a scintillating and truly unique experience!”
– John Hywel Morris, PRS for Music
ROGUE JONES
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