Seas of Mirth, Ask My Bull & Zopp
Schedule
Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Rough Trade Nottingham | Nottingham, EN
Yes folks! Snappin with excitement for this one.. tix flying fast so get on the case 🪼🪩👌🦑💃SEAS OF MIRTH
Seas of Mirth are a high energy genre-swerving band with a interactive deep sea twist. From the East Midlands and fronted by two co-founding guitarists Al Judders and C Ball Paul, the group have worked hard to establish themselves on the UK festival scene, especially amidst their latest release 'Kriller'. PROG Magazine called it "a fun, clever and uplifting experience, like a foam party hosted by Frank Zappa and Tame Impala" and it enjoyed some airplay on 6music thanks to Stuart Maconie’s Freakzone. Featuring the award-winning single ‘Dig Out The Moves’ and the wonky dancefloor wildcard ‘Tiki Tak’, this album and its predecessor 'Sub Marine Dreams' form the backbone of a live set full of tickly riffs, tongue twisting lyrics, and high doses of joyous musical adventure. Musically, the band dabble in everything from worldly dance beats to wonky disco funk to psychey prog-folk, while the visual element is full on with UV lights, bubbles, flamboyant costumes and LED sea creatures on stage and in the crowd. During their existence the 'Mirth have played just about everywhere from headlining the Rabbit Hole at Glasto to a festival on a small island in the German Bight surrounded by seals.
ASK MY BULL
The electrified wail of a raging saxophone! The distorted roar of a thundering bass! The visceral-yet-intricate pounding of drums! An instrumental whirlwind from Manchester; with experimental textures and heavy grooves - a musical chimera that combines the visceral energy of punk, the danceability of drum'n'bass and the intriguing nuance of jazz: Ask My Bull is delightfully hyperactive and cinematically epic.
They push the boundaries with insane sonic textures, and smooth, versatile genre fusion. Not to mention rocking the fuck out with bubble guns!!
ZOPP
Zopp, a British act whose music spans jazz-rock, ambient, folk, psychedelic rock and endless heaps of prog, particularly of the Canterbury variety. Expect gloriously intricate, intense fuzz organ heavy music, reminiscent of Soft Machine, Frank Zappa, and Egg. Zopp are breathing new life into the progressive genre, with two internationally critically acclaimed, award-winning studio albums to date. Sid Smith, writer for Prog Magazine and biographer for King Crimson, announced Zopp’s latest record ‘Dominion’ as his ‘favourite album of 2023’.
Where is it happening?
Rough Trade Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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