Paper Dollhouse

Friday 1st June 2018\nPAPER DOLLHOUSE\nDean McPhee\nMagpahi\nThe Golden Lion, Todmorden\n7.30 - 10.30pm (last train-friendly!)\n£5 adv. / £6\nWith the recent release of 3rd album 'The Sky Looks Different Here', PAPER DOLLHOUSE continue their creeping, many-splendored metamorphosis from locked-attic lo-fi folk to neon-lit ghost-pop that captures the revered spirit of progenitors the Cocteau Twins, A.R. Kane, Broadcast and Japan. As on previous LP Aeonflower (Finders Keepers), founder Astrud Steedhouder is joined by multimedia artist Nina Bosnic, but an additional decayed-rave sheen is now added by Asher Levitas (Old Apparatus, Planet Mu).\nHere, they headline a bill of Folklore Tapes alumni, whose subtle psychic explorations are ideal for the Valley's liminal setting - on the cusp of Lancashire/Yorkshire, industry/agriculture, future/past and at the meeting-point of water, land and sky.\nPaper Dollhouse spin hallucinatory dream pop into sublime ambient abstraction FACT\nThis 'gnarly version of Enya' veers between acoustica and atmospherica but it's definitely a case of the weirder the better The Guardian\nhttps://soundcloud.com/paper-dollhouse\nhttps://asherlevitas.bandcamp.com/releases\nDEAN McPHEE is a Lancastrian finger-picking electric guitarist now based in West Yorkshire. His gorgeously liquid, pure-toned playing is supremely evocative of the small splendours and grand transitions of the natural environment, evinced across a serenely gripping portfolio of releases for Blast First Petite, Folklore Tapes, World in Winter recordings and his own Hood Faire imprint.\nhttps://deanmcphee.co.uk\nAs SPACESHIP, Hebden Bridge-based Mark Williamson splices keyboard/guitar-based drone with field recordings at sites that span from seaside towns to bronze-age barrows, capturing Wyrd Albion's elusive spiritus loci.\nhttp://forged-river.com/\n*** Please note the change of bill - Magpahi has sadly had to cancel, but we hope to have her back for a future show soon ***\nOther upcoming shows:\nFlower-Corsano Duo + Bilge Pump + Andy Abbott, 28 July, The Golden Lion, Todmorden\nhttp://www.wegottickets.com/event/438550\nA Hawk and a Hacksaw + The Family Elan, 17 August, The Golden Lion, Todmorden\nhttp://www.wegottickets.com/event/438553