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1919 + support followed by Darklands DJ set on Saturday 23rd March 2019
1919
1919 were an early contributor to what became the Goth genre. They had chart success with the singles “Caged”, “Repulsion” and “Cry Wolf”” as well as the 1984 LP “Machine”, and recorded two Peel Sessions.
In 2014, founding guitarist Mark Tighe reformed the band, including original drummer Mick Reed. Two European tours and a host of festival appearances later, 1919 signed a deal with Westworld Recordings in 2016 to release a new album, “Bloodline”, 35 years after their first.
Sadly in January 2017 Tighe lost a short battle with cancer, leaving a chasm at the heart of the band. Having insisted the others carry on in his absence though, Mick, Rio, and Karl had to do justice to the album, and to the memory of their fallen comrade.
Bloodline was released to critical acclaim in 2017. “Good goths come to those that wait,” wrote Vive le Rock’s Pete Woods in an 8/10 review, while LouderThanWar said, “‘Bloodline’ will bewitch you“, and Sonic Seducer called its “nightmarish-hypnotic gloom” a “fitting tribute” to Tighe’s legacy. In April that year the band confirmed that Sam Evans would be their new full-time guitarist, and began touring the new album to rave reviews.
In 2018 Bloodline was released on limited edition red vinyl, featuring two additional tracks ('D.N.A' and 'A Hymn to the Night') recorded with Mark, and the band are already confirmed for major festival appearances in 2019. This is a rare chance to see them up close in a small venue.
WITH SUPPORT FROM
Who Killed Nancy Johnson?
Incendiary punk/post-punk from Reading.
The Go Go Cult
50's psychedelic punk.
AND FOLLOWED BY
Darklands DJ set by Steve Reynolds
Darklands club night supremo Steve Reynolds closes the evening playing a mix of less obvious alternative music from Goth to Electronica to Post Punk from the likes of Bauhaus, Bowie, BSP, Buzzcocks, Cabaret Voltaire, Clash, Cocteaus, Cramps, Cult, Cure, Damned, Depeche Mode, Dexys, Fall, Flaming Lips, FNM, Fugazi, Gang of Four, Goat, Go!Team, Horrors, Human League, Interpol, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, LCD, Lemonheads, Liars, Loop, Mary Chain, MBV, Mogwai, Mudhoney, New Order, Numan, Pavement, Pixies, PIL, Psychedelic Furs, PWEI, Roxy, Ride, Simple Minds, Siouxsie, Sisters, Slits, Smiths, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Stooges, Stranglers, Talking Heads, Talk Talk, Twilight Sad, Weddoes, Wire, XTC...
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