The Velveteen Orkestra •OXFORD•
Schedule
Wed Oct 16 2024 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location
Florence Park | Oxford, EN
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Florence Park Social Club presentsMECHANICAL ANIMALS ACOUSTIC SESSIONS VOL 6
Wednesday 16 Octobert
8.00-10.00pm
Pay what you can on the night (suggested £10)
FLAMINGO (solo performance)
https://www.instagram.com/flamingo_project/
JOSEPHINE ILLINGWORTH
https://www.instagram.com/josephineillingworthmusic/
Josephine Illingworth is a musician and artist who likes to paint pictures with sound. A long-distance hiker and chronic wanderer, she constructs her songs as journeys, weaving stark poetry, folklore, glimmering guitar and field recordings into a soundscape that feels almost tactile.
Fascinated by nature and religion, her songwriting is built of her own personal mythology; memories of her suburban childhood and stories from the fields and mountains she wandered to once she grew up, twisted through the vivid and sometimes surreal lens of her lyricism. At its centre, her music is anchored by a voice that is at once shivering, delicate and sometimes terrifying, renowned for an ability to ‘wail’ and ‘keen’.
THE VELVETEEN ORKESTRA
https://www.instagram.com/thevelveteenorkestra/
https://www.facebook.com/thevelveteenorkestra/
The Velveteen Orkestra has the ability to make audiences swoon while, at the same time, casting forth an air of unease with their intoxicating hybrid of rich romanticism and brutal intensity. Embodying essences of European folk and Americana with nodding acquaintances to Neil Young, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Radiohead, their sound can gently pluck at your heartstrings while, at the same time, delicately slipping them around your neck.
The Velveteen Orkestra are a ragged-trousered rock and roll orchestra conceived in a leaky, shadow-veiled district of South London. Bellowing out from underneath the grey brutalist tower blocks named in honour of romantic poets is a sound that is both savage, yet elegant… animal, yet noble… honest, yet fantastical.
Their pulsating live shows are attracting audiences for their rich romanticism and brooding intensity, as well as their sparkling sense of humour. Lead Singer/Guitarist Dan Shears emits a gilt-edged voice from a spindle-limbed frame, evoking memories of Jeff Buckley at his heart-aching best.
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Where is it happening?
Florence Park, Oxford, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
