Fuzzy Lights (Cambridge Psych Folk) + Hexama (Bradford Dark Ambient) Live in Sowerby Bridge MATINEE
Schedule
Sun Mar 29 2026 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Puzzle Hall Community Pub | Halifax, EN
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Sunday March 29th 2026ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn present...
Fuzzy Lights (Cambridge)
Acclaimed experimental psych-folk quintet from the Fens “…pitched somewhere between Pentangle and Black Sabbath. Superb stuff.” UNCUT 9/10
https://fuzzylights.bandcamp.com/album/fen-creatures
Hexama (Bradford)
Dark ambient synth and guitar drones feat. members of H Morse and Kontiki
https://hexama.bandcamp.com/
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF
4pm - 6pm | FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted
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Cambridge's acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album 'Fen Creatures', set for release in November via Meadows. Following 2021's critically lauded 'Burials', the band have created their most conceptually ambitious work to date - a meditation on environmental crisis that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity's fractured relationship with the natural world.
Where 'Burials' explored personal trauma and environmental collapse, 'Fen Creatures' expands this vision into something far more sweeping and interconnected. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron's Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. “In the world we live, with the challenges of environmental devastation and change, it's really important to reconnect to our history and the land around us," explains vocalist Rachel Watkins. "We need to learn lessons from the past and try to live with the landscape rather than changing it to fit our needs. The album calls attention to environmental change while exploring how folklore ties to the landscape and our connection to our ancestors."
Musically, the quintet, Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums), have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. The result is their most atmospheric and immersive work to date, with vast sonic landscapes that mirror the fenland geography they're documenting.
FEN CREATURES (2025)
“…pitched somewhere between Pentangle and Black Sabbath. Superb stuff.” UNCUT 9/10 (as well as “WE’RE NEW HERE” FEATURE)
“..the musical equivalent of Sandy Denny starring in Hammer Horror film Blood on Satan’s Claw.” MOJO ★★★★
“Spellbinding stuff. These are stories worth reading as well as hearing” SHINDIG ★★★★
“Sprawling, uneasy and rather compelling.”RNR ★★★★
BURIALS (2021)
MOJO ★★★★ | SHINDIG ★★★★ | FINANCIAL TIMES ★★★★ |TWIN FEATHERS (2010) |MOJO UNDERGROUND ALBUM OF THE MONTH ★★★★ | UNCUT ★★★★
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