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Brudenell presents...

Ultimate Painting

plus Leif Erikson + Molars

   "Dusk is the third album from London-based duo Ultimate Painting, a ten
song set that expands the group’s sound from their self-titled debut and 
their critically acclaimed sophomore effort Green Lanes, about whose tunes 
Pitchfork raved their “deceptively simple interplay slowly worms into your 
synapses...” Dusk heads along the same path, albeit in a slightly different 
direction, forging to new territory by heading inward.
    Most groups would kill to have one talented songwriter in their ranks, but
Ultimate Painting are lucky enough to be comprised of two singular voices
in Jack Cooper and James Hoare. The pair’s distinctive songwriting styles
began to blur a bit with Green Lanes, but on Dusk it’s hard to tell where 
Cooper ends & Hoare begins. Their tunes weave in & out of each other like
the duo’s respective six-strings, spiraling around each other in a laconic
dance. Album opener ‘Bills’ dives head-first into a crystalline pool of jangle,
furthering the duo’s rep as purveyors of the Verlaine/Lloyd legacy, but
despite the evident influence of American guitar pop both past & present, 
the group’s recorded an album that feels decidedly English, with Cooper’s 
abstract poeticism balanced perfectly alongside Hoare’s alluring & 
universal pop leanings. The group’s discovered a simple lushness in Dusk’s 
arrangements, sometimes only with subtle additions like Hoare’s recently 
acquired Wurlitzer piano that drives tunes like ‘Lead The Way’ or washes 
underneath others like ‘Monday Morning, Somewhere Central’. They’ve 
tapped into the subtle grace that infects the mood and emotions 
experienced at times like sunrise & dusk. Hopefulness. Resignation. Ennui. 
A breathing in. A breathing out.
    Dusk was once again recorded to tape by guitarist James Hoare in his 
London flat. The casual setting allowed the sessions & songs to unfold 
naturally, with the two of them accompanied by recent live drummer Melissa 
Rigby, who drums on the entirety of Dusk. Her skills lend a rhythmic elasticity
to songs like ‘A Portrait of Jason’ and ‘I Can’t Run Anymore’, with jazzy 
undertones that break from the band’s previously unadorned 4/4 leanings.
Dusk feels different and cements the group’s presence in the modern world
guitar pop, finding voice in the allure of quietude."

Saturday 1st October 2016

Price: £9 advance (+stbf)

Doors 19:30

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