Com Truise
The Haunt, Brighton // June 5
Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley, born and raised in New York and operating out of a 12′-overrun apartment in Princeton, New Jersey. An admitted synth obsessive, Com Truise is the maker of an experimental and bottom heavy style he calls “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk”.
BITCHES
The Miller, London // June 22
“The London based boy-girl/bass-and-drums duo make one helluva racket, ranging from ‘Vampire’ – a blast of surf rock that’s had voodoo pins jammed into its vital organs – to chaotic sonic canvases about, among other things, The Bill and Henry VIII. They seem like they have no idea what the hell they’re doing… just how we like it” – NME, February 2010
Tigercats
The Deaf Cat, Rochester // June 29
Tigercats are a band from East London who make pop music with guitars, keyboards and drums. Tigercats’ singer Duncan played in Esiotrot until suddenly he didn’t, and after a respectful interval of ambling around for 18 months he asked his brother Giles to join on bass in a new band. The name Tigercats appeared out of the air and was soon followed by Jonny on drums, Stefan on guitar and Laura on keyboard.
“Tigercats are a very, very good band. The kind of band that make you want to be a teenager again, so they can be your band.” – The Sunday Times
“Tigercats are that rarest of bands, an indie-pop act you can actually dance to..” – Neonfiller