The Metatrons

THURSDAY 6TH JUNE 2024 THE HOPE AND ANCHOR 207 Upper St, London N1 1RL THE METATRONS TIM HOLEHOUSE & THE ESCAPE GHOSTS THE THIRD CUT (Single launch) DJ SARAH C DOORS 7.30PM / 18+ £8 ADVANCE www.wegottickets.com THE METATRONS The Metatrons are a delightfully fuzzy Riot-Pop band all the way from Hitchin. After signing to Chapter 22 Records in 2019 they released their "Deconstruction" album, which was a fantastic critical success, being called "The pinnacle of quality pop" and "a thunderous slice of pop majesty". Vive le Rock said the album was "bursting with bright, breezy driving rhythms...you should hear them" The band toured the album, opening for Altered Images on their UK tour in 2022 to add to the already impressive list of great bands they've worked with - Shonen Knife, Echobelly, The Primitives, Dodgy, The Blockheads, The Darling Buds, The Membranes, Steve Craddock and Glen Matlock to name but a few. 2023 had more more great shows and a summer full of festival appearances, just as they released their 4th album "Lumination" on Chapter 22 Records in June. www.themetatrons.co.uk TIM HOLEHOUSE & THE ESCAPE GHOSTS Tim Holehouse is one of the hardest-working musicians out there. For the past 18 years he has been touring the globe, like a stone gathering no moss has brought influences as varying to his sound today. Breaking the 250-300 gig mark most years, Tim leads somewhat of a nomadic existence, but for all intents and purposes, treats London as his home when not out plying his trade to international and domestic audiences. Tim is equally prolific with his recording as he is with his travels, when not gigging his way round the US, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Australia or Europe, he has found the time to release 20 albums and countless split releases, often with artists he tours with. Tim's own sound is hugely varied too, often able to adapt to performing sets depending on the atmosphere of a show. He has been known to release folk, blues, experimental music and much more besides, often on a single tour. Tim's songs come from a place of honesty and a keen ear for anything creative regardless of genre. His own philosophy is that, 'if music is good, it's just good, right?' Tim often quotes from one of his favourite films, 'Bill and Ted?s Excellent Adventure': 'Be excellent to each other.? www.timholehouse.com THE THIRD CUT The Third Cut do rattling power pop, plaintive minimalism and several points in between. They?re ?sort of a swoony, clangy, electro disco indie pop surf band?. The group is based around the songs of Richard Adderley, who?s done time in various bands over a long career of sorts. In the late nineties he was part of orchestral indie romantics Jack, and he spearheaded the guitar attack of The Boyfriends in the noughties, hitting the road with the likes of Suede and The Divine Comedy. Now he?s enlisted The Third Cut to bring you tunes you can hum with a portable record player, a horn section and a tambourine. The Third Cut have released two EPs at their own pace. This show sees them return to the stage to launch their new single, If Your Arms Are Empty. Groovy and swoonsome in equal measure, it's a first taste from their forthcoming debut LP. ?Total pop music as pop music should be.? Records I Like blog ?Beautiful, innovative and anthemic.? Emma?s House blog ?Hits you like a sugar rush.? The Ginger Quiff blog https://thethirdcut.bandcamp.com/ DJ SARAH C SarahC has been spinning Indie and Electro Pop for over 20 years as well as Producing hundreds of hours of Music TV, back when it still existed. She is currently Resident DJ at retro Indie nights Common People, Get Free and It?s A Sin.