Fail Better presents LIVE, LOVE, ATTEND THIS GIG

Name: Fail Better presents LIVE, LOVE, ATTEND THIS GIG
Start: 2026-02-14T19:45:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-14T22:30:00+00:00
Location: Komedia Brighton

Schedule

Sat Feb 14 2026 at 07:45 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Komedia Brighton | Brighton, EN

We were trying to avoid referencing you-know-what, but because we are lazy and we love you, we want you to attend this gig at Komedia on the 14th of February.
Witch 'N' Monk will deliver the magic, The Petrov Boys will study the biology of romantic love, The Brothers Bula will perform the delightful and charming song of Bexhill. This gig is an aphrodisiac.

WITCH ’N’ MONK

Witch 'n' Monk is the twinning of nonconformist Colombian flautist Mauricio Velasierra and anarchic soprano and guitarist Heidi Heidelberg.
Their unique sound is constructed with a collection of hybrid Latin American flutes radically manipulated with effects and extended techniques, anarchic soprano vocals that move seamlessly and suddenly between characters and timbres, analogue electronics and a jazz-punk guitar/bass hybrid. Each limb is called upon to create the sound of multiple dimensions being inhabited simultaneously, using a myriad of control pedals and labyrinthine signal paths to orchestrate live.
"Intriguing... Ingenious. You’ll spend a while pondering how to classify them – prog folk? Operatic post-punk? Gothic reggae? – but they know how to write melodies."

- The Guardian

Contemporary album of the month

“Hard to imagine that voice, guitar and flute could

groove so hard and deliver so much.

- The Wire

After a while, the record’s quixotic magic begins to take hold. Like a tightly packed gift that only reveals its beauty over time

- The Quietus

Punk or prog rock with art music and sampled improvisations or free jazz with backstage opera and the melancholy of folk.

- Musikexpress

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 stars)
https://www.witchnmonk.com/

THE PETROV BOYS
The Petrov Boys are a 6-piece musical entity, known for their genre-blurring fusion of Balkan, jazz, rock, funk, and metal. With a unique line-up that includes both a violin and a saxophone, they weave haunting melodies and powerful harmonies into their compositions.
Their sound is a labyrinthine journey, heavily influenced by bands such as Estradasphere, Darth Vegas, Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, Farmers Market, and Secret Chiefs 3. Expect intricate compositions, unexpected sonic twists, and gruesome visual stimulation.
https://www.youtube.com/@ThePetrovBoys
https://www.instagram.com/petrov.boys/

THE BROTHERS BULA
As part of a long term project to overhaul the so-called "power binary" of the older-younger-brother relationship The Brothers Bula (formerly known as Kit and Toby) strove ceaselessly to create and furnish a new methodology for understanding and living (in a dynamic/efficient pseudo-spiritual manner) the all new "we-name" vs. (and in contrast with) the "me-name(s)". Something that Kit, certainly and at least, hopes to role out in his relationship(s) with lovers, aunts and distant cousins. Toby, meanwhile, opting for a more ambassodorial role vis a vis, but not exclusively, the whole world (as and so it forthcomes, with or without and such forth) goes for a much more domineering, but instructive, approach.
https://soundslikemum.bandcamp.com/album/mustard-heaven