BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:861af825-1db1-4847-9478-32085f8c986f@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29842536 DTSTAMP:20260928T023816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T233630Z DTSTART:20261114T190000Z DTEND:20261114T230000Z SUMMARY:Tara Clerkin Trio w/ Shell Company and Worms LOCATION:The Lubber Fiend DESCRIPTION:If – in some parallel universe (or perhaps a not-so-distant-f uture version of the one we’re already sentenced to living in) – the e vil overloads of artificial intelligence were actually successful in their attempts to create convincingly enjoyable “original music\,” more spe cifically tasked with wholly encapsulating my own personal tastes by data- chugging some cocktail of – oh\, I don’t know – the posters on my wa ll\, the records in my “most listened to” pile\, the mixtapes I made f or others\, intensive physical scans of my auditory cortex\, amygdala\, hi ppocampus\, heart strings\, whatever else they have splayed out on their a utopsy table with the intention of generating one all-encompassing “perf ect band” based on the fruitful sum of their findings – that band\, fo r me\, would be (or would at least sound exactly like) the Tara Clerkin Tr io . It is\, quite simply\, without exception\, the music I wish to hear. Formed in Bristol UK (where none of them are from yet all of whom are deep ly engrained) in 2020\, the Tara Clerkin Trio – as it somewhat democrati cally exists today\, despite the singular authority implied by its name – consists of the titular Tara Clerkin\, her partner Sunny Joe Paradisos \, and Sunny’s brother\, Patrick Benjamin. I’ll confess\, I don’t kn ow what their respective roles are within the operation and there’s only a very small part of me that cares to learn\, as one of my favorite quali ties in an objective listening experience is the mystery of who is playing what\, which sounds are “authentic” versus synthesized\, which chunks are performed “live” in a room together versus meticulously Frankenst ein’ed from measure to measure\, or how exactly the overall sound is so (seemingly) effortlessly achieved. Though\, I suspect\, if and when I do w itness a live performance by this band at any point\, my enjoyment of the music will not be lost in my better understanding of it. With two extraord inary mini-albums – In Spring (2021) and On The Turning Ground (2023) – making a splash on London’s formidable World of Echo label in wake o f their self-titled 2020 debut\, this upcoming Somewhere Good LP is\, in m any ways\, the band’s most realised work. In running their usual gauntle t of idiosyncratic (*an overused adjective for which here there is regrett ably no sufficient alternative) approaches\, Clerkin & co. color in and ou tside of compositional lines over the course of 40+ celebratory minutes - never wallowing\, despite inherently somber subject matters of self-defeat \, disease\, displacement\, restlessness\, gentrification - allowing their arrangements and improvisations ample space and time to situate\, stretch out\, breathe\, cross-pollinate\, and ultimately take deeper hold on the listener’s imagination – all while somehow sounding more like themselv es than ever before. Of course\, there are traceable influences herein\, i f one felt that such comparisons were necessary to properly examine and en joy this music (they aren’t)… Being the big dumb American from the sma ll boring town that I am\, cornfed on ‘90s alternative radio with the en chantingly exotic sounds of Maxinquaye and Mezzanine emanating from my chu nky tube television\, I can’t help but to make a blatantly obvious refer ence to a “Bristol sound”\, ie the whole trip-hop trip\, the pastoral crooning over the suggestive urban grime of cracked electro/piano treatmen ts\, the digitally-yet-primitively reconstructed James Bond soundtrack str ing-beats\, etc.. But the Tara Clerkin Trio is so infinitely much more tha n that. There are elements of avant-pop\, modern classical\, kraut-folk\, audio verité\, dare I say indie rock (and not of the beer guzzling\, mast urbatory fuzz-flex variety but perhaps more like a Trish Keenan-fronted Fa ust\, Adrian Sherwood at the mixing desk of If You’re Feeling Sinister \, or – in expanding on our alternate reality – a world in which High Llamas cut a full-length for Warp Records with Andrew Weatherall on coffee duty). The hazy\, unmappable skyline-mirage of droning harmonium\, uprigh t bass\, peculiarly accentuated wind instruments\, acoustic guitar\, hushe d yet literally mighty keys combine to hypnotizing effect. The band may ma ke underlying nods to jazz\, sure\, but it’s not appropriation\, it’s that they have the actual chops to build it out. Beneath the janky samples and oddball percussive embellishment lies actually great drumming. Beyond the manipulated vocal witchery and woefully reflective plain-spoke moment s are Tara’s subtly inspired melodies\, sung with what might honestly be the glue to the whole crazy equation. A calming consistency throughout th e otherwise unpredictably dynamic\, boldly intuitive\, uniquely British ex ploration of this (their own) universe in song. – Ryan Davis (Chicago\, February 2026) w/ Shell Company Dark hued\, noise pop adjacent pieces\, th e trio is spearheaded by poet Rosabella Allen\, whose misted balladry pier ces through the textured backdrops of Chris and Rob Banks\, all three comp limenting and melding perfectly. Following stand out releases for Glasgow imprint Numbers\, and Rainy Miller's Fixed Abode\, Locket sees the band pu sh the boat out for AM which sees them unite with fellow collaborators Ric hie Culver & LINTD on the project. A deeply personal record that fuses fra ctured electronics\, post-rock and spoken word\, with the end product bein g a damp\, noir masterpiece. and Worms Worms are a Newcastle based band cr afting a rich folk-leaning sound that’s full of texture\, warmth\, and s urprise. Blending multiple instruments and layered melodies they create mu sic that feels both intimate and expansive. Their songs move between gentl e storytelling and joyful noise with a wonderful energy. !!Please note: fr om March 31st we will be launching our new Lubber Fiend Membership Scheme. Members are entitled to purchase discounted tickets to gigs like this one \, plus many more bonus perks. For more information\, check out our member ship portal !! https://app.joinit.com/o/the-l...\n\nBoletos: https://www.f atsoma.com/e/hk8wxpdb/tara-clerkin-trio-w-shell-company-and-worms URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/861af825-1db1-4847-9478-32085f8c986 f STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR