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ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS with GC HOLMES & TALLULAH GUARD
November 29, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
£6.00
Lithuanian ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS embodies the philosophy of what it means to be a free spirit. By exploring human kindness through hitchhiking and busking, he is inspired to write songs which question the reason while we are all here but without any sense of arrogance or self-righteousness to believe that he has the answers to these questions. Inner thoughts and questions in his own native Lithuanian language, pose no barrier, with a music that is deep, primal and intrinsic. Vital.
GC HOLMES began performing at open mics in Manchester in 2009 with a totally raw combination of primitive acoustic guitar and screamed poetry. He then formed his first band ‘The Genitals’ who played a handful of gigs in 2011. The Genitals disbanded and Holmes continued solo, releasing an EP of 5 original songs entitled ‘Scarshark’ in 2014. After Scarshark Holmes started work on his debut full length album ‘Ultralove’, it was recorded mostly live with his band at the influential EVE Studios, and was finally released in 2019. Ultralove was endorsed by Manchester institution Piccadilly Records who agreed to stock the album in CD format and reviewed the album favourably, with the words: “Woozy, reverbed majesty”, “Shimmering, wide-ranging cinematic impact”, & finally, simply: “Lovely stuff all round”. Ultralove was variously compared to Bowie, Richard Hawley, Lift To Experience & The War on Drugs. After the release of Ultralove Holmes went back into the studio in early 2020 to start work on his second album entitled ‘Hearing’, the work on which is still ongoing but with a tentative release date of late 2023/ early 2024. The sound of Hearing is the natural departure of an artist seeking new methods to produce work, a deeper and more meditative sound, a spiritual reflection of Holmes’ burgeoning interest in yoga & meditation. GC Holmes lives and waits tables in the centre of Manchester, England.
TALLULAH GUARD is a singer songwriter capable of plumbing raw and passionate depths. Covering a range of topics, Tallulah is really starting to find theirfeet on the Manchester scene. Check them out as they open for us tonight