OSP Presents: Mayflower Madame (NOR) + Bloodworm + Virgins
Schedule
Fri Nov 15 2024 at 08:45 pm to Sat Nov 16 2024 at 12:00 am
UTC+01:00Location
Strongroom Bar | London, EN
Advertisement
๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ / ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ .*๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐* @ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง.
๐๐๐๐:
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ (๐๐๐)
๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ:
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ
๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ (๐๐๐):
Over the past years, Mayflower Madame has gained a reputation far beyond their hometown of Oslo, Norway. They made their debut with the album "Observed in a Dream" in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America, while 2020s long-awaited sequel "Prepared for a Nightmare" firmly established their position as one of the continentโs leading purveyors of cinematic psych-gaze swathed in 1980s post-punk and dark romanticism.
The covid-19 pandemic hit hard just after their sophomore release, but in 2022 Mayflower Madame finally returned touring in the UK, France and Eastern Europe. The following year the band focused on writing new music while also releasing a Deluxe Version of "Prepared for a Nightmare". They are now current with their highly anticipated third album which has been mixed and mastered by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, The Vacant Lots). It's due for release November 1st 2024, but the first two singles - "A Foretold Ecstasy" and "Paint It All in Blue" - have already been launched to great acclaim and extensive radio support (including BBC 6 Music).
๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:
https://www.instagram.com/mayflowermadame
https://www.facebook.com/mayflowermadame
Music:
"A Foretold Ecstasy":
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ex0mELRIavsNDJPQgXfGp
"Paint It All in Blue":
https://open.spotify.com/track/5D0pvOAd4nm6hEQmCxqEFP
"Prepared For A Nightmare" LP:
https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/prepared-for-a-nightmare
"Observed in a Dream" LP:
https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/observed-in-a-dream
Videos:
"A Foretold Ecstasy":
"Paint It All in Blue":
"Vultures":
๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ:
"Mayflower Madame adorn black hearts on the sleeves of their leather jackets with a sense of pride, and so they should." (8/10 score) - ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐)
"Wildly addictive mix of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia. Utterly superb." - ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ (๐๐)
"If you like your beats fast, your guitar riffs laden with atmospherics and your music dark, you could do far worse than Mayflower Madame. Theyโre a complex musical package tied up in a black post-punk bow." (๐/๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐) - ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ (๐๐)
"This band is intensity no matter the tempo. Itโs not unusual by any means to find artists using various levels of restraint to powerful, even explosive ends, whatโs rare is to find it being done with this level of craft." - ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐)
"Here you get ten excellent examples of how postpunk can still appeal to the imagination." - ๐๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ/๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ)
"Mayflower Madame creates dreamy dark romantic masterpieces. "Prepared For A Nightmare" is a beautiful collection of catchy post-punk, dreampop and shoegaze songs." - ๐๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ณ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ (๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ)
"Prepared For A Nightmare is a major record. Over the course of listening, we acquire total certainty. Magnificent." - ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ญ (๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐)
"The dark tones and rhythms mixed with psychedelia of this beautiful Mayflower Madame album appear fully in tune with the dark times and the climate of apocalypse that the world has been experiencing in recent times." - ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ (๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ)
"Mayflower Madame makes your neck hair stand up and provides for a pleasant creepy feeling. "Vultures" is swinging post-punk with a shock-rock atmosphere, "Sacred Core" is a hike through the scorching desert heat. The three Norwegians don't need mescaline to evoke shifted ideas in the listeners, the record is psychedelically tinged." - Art Noir (Switzerland)
"This is dark and delightful, rebel rock and roll through the prism of cold Nordicity." - ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐ง๐๐๐)
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ:
Bloodworm burst into 2023 by filling out Rock Cityโs basement to capacity for Beat The Streets festival followed by sold out debut headline gigs in Manchester and Nottingham.
By May they were opening the legendary Rescue Rooms stage for Dot To Dot festival having already supported Opus Kink and headlined the Shacklewell Arms earlier that month. The second half of the year kept the pace with performances up and down the country with headline slots at various local festivals and an autumn tour with sold out gigs in Sheffield and Manchester.
๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ & ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌ:
โI love it, I absolutely love it. It really is an outstanding track.โ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐
โThe smart moneyโs on them to be the next band to break nationallyโ โ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dot_to_dot_festival_2023_nottingham_uk_may_28_2023
HOCKLEY HUSTLE REVIEW
โA masterful performanceโ โ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/hockley_hustle_2023_nottingham_uk_october_22_2023
DOT TO DOT REVIEW
โA stand out performance for the dayโ โ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ
DOT TO DOT REVIEW
โWe looked at eachother and said โI like thisโ โ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ
โThe set threw the crowd into a sea of jangleโ โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:
https://www.instagram.com/bloodwormband
https://bloodworm1.bandcamp.com/music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2l4nW5oXWqgGxKWOTzvqQs
Videos:
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BloodwormBand/videos
Bloodlust Live VIDEO:
Alone In Your Garden Live VIDEO:
๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ:
Virgins are one of the most exciting bands to come out of Ireland in recent times. A Belfast based shoegaze band that have quickly established themselves as a live force and a rising name locally, nationally and internationally, selling records all over the globe.
Following on from the sold-out pressing (200) of EP โTransmit a Little Heavenโ and recent single โs l o w l y, l o n gโ, the bandโs debut album โNothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautifulโ is due out April 2024 through Blowtorch Records on a pressing of 300.
Currently, the band have over 56K streams on Spotify alone, a healthy and active social media presence with Irish and UK tour dates in 2024, along with festival appearances in summer. The profile of the band continues to grow and they have a substantial and dedicated fanbase amongst the shoegaze community.
They recently released a new, much anticipated gaze-pop single, 's l o w l y, l o n g'. The single marks the first collaborative writing effort from the band and finds them embracing pop-centric melodic influences as much as the multitude of fuzz and reverb pedals that adorn their pedalboards. Lyrically the track speaks of unchecked desire being set free. โs l o w l y, l o n gโ is the sound of a band leaning into their strengths, fusing elements from different genres to bring a fresh, contemporary and exciting sound to the genre.
Debut EP 'Transmit a Little Heaven' was released October 2022 via BlowtorchRecords and quickly sold out its vinyl pressing of 200. The release received considerable media and radio coverage; Dan Hegarty, BBC Across The Line and shoegaze radio station DKFM championed the band along with The Last Mixed Tape, Nialler 9, Hot Press, Chordblossom, The Thin Air, Dig With It and Japan based Portal Zine all showing appreciation for the release. The EP made its way into various end of year lists including Chordblossomโs Top 25 albums and Top 50 songs, Shoegaze Blog Top 20 releases of 2022 and Destroy/Exists Top 10 Epโs of the year.
The band spent 2022/23 gigging relentlessly including a 6 date headline UK tour in November 2022 and a short Irish tour in April 2023. This led to slots at the Button Factory, Dublin (550 cap), Set Theatre, Kilkenny (400 cap) and headline slots at GazeFest in both Belfast and Dublin. The band supported Bleach Lab and Bdrmm on their Irish tours.
Debut album โNothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautifulโ will be released on starburst vinyl (pressing of 300) via Blowtorch Records in April 2024. The album finds the band exploring a wider sonic palette, seamlessly moving between the gaze-pop of โslowly, longโ and โdisappearerโ, to the dance influenced โsofterโ and to the heavy, expansive and ethereal โpale fireโ and โtendโ. Their captivating sound doesnโt rely on recycling shoegaze tropes but brings a fresh and contemporary approach to the genre.
๐๐๐๐๐:
โAll encompassing dream pop soundโ
- ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐
โVirgins come correct with hooky gaze-popโ
- ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐
โShimmers and glistensโ
- ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
โDeafening dream popโ
- ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐
๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:
https://www.instagram.com/bandofvirgins
https://www.facebook.com/bandofvirgins
https://bandofvirgins.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Ec9rcMOwRUkuOBALVMHAP
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hBXYcwvP8Z_89NlniqIdQ
Videos:
Virgins - s o f t e r (official video)
Virgins - โd i s a p p e a r e rโ (official video)
Virgins Promo reel:
FOR FANS OF:
Nothing, Slow Crush, My Bloody Valentine, Wolf Alice, Slowdive, Bdrmm
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
Strongroom Bar, 120 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3PJ, United Kingdom,London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays: