CRYWANK + FOOT OX + LURKY SKUNK

DOORS @ 8PM // MUSIC @ 9PM // $17 ADV | $20 DOS

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Crywank was started in Manchester in 2009 by Jay Clayton as a solo project despite having no previous experience playing guitar. The project started the night Clayton learnt their first two chords and wrote the songs (Welcome to Castle Irwell and Thomas Saunders Gang Chant). Lyrically focusing on the end of their first relationship and musically heavily influenced by American folk punk and anti-folk, their first album ‘James is Going To Die Soon’ became a cult favourite on the internet, both for its charm and many flaws.

After their first release Crywank began to play with and subvert the role of singer songwriter. Shifting the focus from self-pity to self-criticism and fluctuating from hard-hitting confessionals to tongue-in-cheek deconstructions resulted in Crywank’s ‘sad-but-fun’ sound. Dan Watson (ex-GNOD, Denim & Leather, Prangers) joined the band in 2012 on percussion and began to implement approaches and influences not often seen within ‘anti-folk’, at points going into d-beat and blastbeats.

Foot Ox is an experimental and somewhat psychedelic folk band from Portland, OR. Originally from Tempe, AZ in 2007. The music and lyrics inspired by dreams, deals with love, death, adventure, heartbreak, and fear with indirect and abstract imagery. Unusual, but subtle orchestration gives an impression of intimacy even playing in front of large crowds. The sound swings from driving, upbeat full band, complex and rhythmic, to spare, quiet emotional moments of vulnerability.

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