Wandering Oak: Oral Habit
Schedule
Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Central Bar | Gateshead, EN
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Wandering Oak brings you:Oral Habit
at The Central Bar
• Oral Habit •
Oral Habit deal in what they call "the ear-rattling psychic dream of choked-up acid punks", a sound that feels overpowering, explosive and intense: you could say it's more closely aligned to the disoriented racket of mid-60s freakbeat than the pie-eyed beatitudes of the Summer of Love; equally you could suggest it's a very contemporary form of psychedelia, rebooted for the troubled, disturbing climate of 2026.
Initially a home recording project of frontman Charlie Hales now expanded into a trio with the addition of his brother Felix on drums, and his partner Tippi Lewis on bass, Oral Habit's recent EP Garage Frock! offers four short, sharp bursts that expand on the sound of its predecessor, Cardiovascular Spectacular, throwing up an impressively bloody and chaotic melange of guitar fuzz, echo-drenched vocals, feedback-drenched solos and primitive riffs that feels as if it was recorded with everything turned up to full volume, including the mellotron that decorates I'm Free. Even the one track that initially presents as a ballad, The Coast, eventually gives way to a crushing, sludgy grind. As statements of intent go, it's impressively full-on, as is Charlie's explanation of the band's sonic philosophy: "if a button's there, it's there to be pushed." - Alexis Petridis
FFO Ty Segall / Syd Barrett / White Fence
https://www.oralhabit.co.uk/
Tickets on sale via See Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/oral-habit/the-central-bar/3612999
and via DICE:
https://link.dice.fm/reb9938534aa
and in person from Reflex CD Vinyl Newcastle.
The Central Bar
Half Moon Lane
Gateshead
NE8 2AN
For ages 16+ (accompanied) / 18+ only, from 7:30pm
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