The Cold Light Of Day + Colin Mounsey + Chris Murphy @ The Grapes, 14/3

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On Sunday March 14th, WagonWheel Presents... once again brings 3 fine live acts to The Grapes for your musical pleasure. Joining us this time out we have The Cold Light Of Day, Colin Mounsey and Chris Murphy. Plus of course there'll be usual mix of great records between bands featuring the best in Americana, Alt-Country, Folk, Roots, Blues and more. Doors open at 8pm and entry is just £3.

 

 

***THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY***

 

The Cold Light Of Day is a Nottingham 'supergroup' of sorts, originally put together by Richard Warren and Huw Costin, who have each tasted success as members of The Hybirds/Echoboy and Earth The Californian Love Dream. The pair teamed up in 2008 and started to work on each other's songs. From their wish list of who they thought would make a great band, they recruited Echoboy's former Hammond player Lee Horsley, drummer Jeffrey Davenport once of The Chettles and Jim Widdop on pedal steel guitar. Following the departure of Warren towards the end of last year, the line up is now completed by John Thompson on bass.

 

Flashes of feedback guitar, spots of crying steel, stripes of soulful piano, smeared with machine-gun rhythm. Electrifying country punk which tells tales of loneliness and heartbreak, but cod americana this ain't. They blend a traditional noise with a lyrical pride for their forefathers' struggle on the coal fields of the midlands, and paint spaced, jet-lag desert scenes with beauty and fury. There is anger and bitterness here too. Anger? Loneliness? Heartbreak? Pride? It's what great records are made of.

 

http://www.myspace.com/thecoldlightofday1

 

 

***COLIN MOUNSEY***

 

Colin Mounsey's tunes draw on a wide and varied range of influences such as Ben Folds, Sparklehorse, Nick Cave and of course Springsteen, Colin having played our Boss tribute night last year. Equally accomplished playing piano or with an acoustic guitar in his hands, his new album 'Let Love Win' was the result of several days of frantic writing, a lot of late nights, and quite a bit of alcohol. It was all completed in 5 days, though drawing the crocodile that graces the cover took considerably longer.

 

The album is mainly about where he lived at the time, Hunslet, and a bit about nasty computers which crash when you least expect them to. Colin describes it as sounding "sort of like Radiohead meets Cher with a hint of John Denver, some Johnny Cash rolled in for good measure and a brilliant MC". the MC being "to make it sound different". It certainly does, come grab yourself a copy.

 

http://www.myspace.com/colinmounsey

 

 

***CHRIS MURPHY & BOXER GENIUS***

 

Chris Murphy & Boxer Genius are a band that have got something beautiful to share. The band, formed by Murphy, have developed a powerful, epic, folk-rock sound that has arrested the attention of the city and surrounding areas to the fact that current indie rock has a major successor in-waiting.

 

Murphy is coy about his songwriting abilities - and it's a clear distinction to the common sound of much of the charts. He conceded in a Sheffield Star interview in August that "It's sad fact that there is still a lot of stuff in the UK that sounds like it's been cut from the same cloth. I don't really want to be a part of that."

 

With the full band on hiatus, tonight will see a pared down set of the same fine tunes.

 

"ridiculously accomplished" Exposed Magazine

 

http://www.myspace.com/chrismurphyandboxergenius

 

 

Facebook Event page:

 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=338354260046

 

 

Last.fm Event page:

 

http://www.last.fm/event/1438252

 

 

[Amsterdamned]

The perfect Mother's day gift. Live music at your Grapes this Sunday. From 8, first band 8.15pm.