Soft Walls +Teardrop Factory

SOFT WALLS (Brighton)
https://www.facebook.com/TheSoftWalls

"Dan Reeves’ Soft Walls project flew under the radar last year, but eponymous LP The Soft Walls - out on his own one-man independent record label, Faux Discx Records – was a deliciously threaded together record, rich in faded textures and hushed grooves. It effortlessly managed to straddle the line between ambiance and tension in a way that Deerhunter’s Cryptograms or Women’s Public Strain did. Live, with the help of his band made up of members of Sealings / The Pheromoans, The Sticks and The Motherfuckers, he manages to retain the warm fug of the album’s half-light evocations but, with the added propulsion of live percussion, his set clicks into a more repetitious state of aural hypnotism. Plenty opt for a constant motorik this weekend, but as Reeves and his band weave in and out of it, they do so with a deftness of touch which allows breathing space for our senses to wander, as opposed to being bludgeoned by sheer sonic force like we are for much of the festival..."

TEARDROP FACTORY (Brighton)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Teardrop-Factory/205298369528541?fref=ts

"Both sickly and sweet, the echoes of Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth and Jesus & Mary Chain can be heard in their perfectly formed 3-minute pop songs. Like their peers before them they strike the balance between satisfying hooks and head-spinning dissonance. There is fuzz and reverb but most importantly there are songs that will lodge themselves, stubbornly, in your head. "