Just Confirmed - Life in Film
Super excited to announce we’ve just confirmed London’s Life In Film, courtesy of Birmingham Promoters & Live Nation!
Their dark pop infuses Kings of Leon-style melodies with downcast, morose flirts with Nick Cave, invoking the feeling of being in the centre of a glitter war. They’re the lustrous recession musicians taking British pop away from disco tunes and towards dusty barroom dancefloors, via Tamla Motown.
The band have obvious American roots with cosmic, albeit lo-fi, country airs and graces; but still remain grounded in an equally as apparent English punk and new wave upbringing. Alongside bands like Gang of Four, they’re the would-be staple of the arty elite.
Sounding like Life in Film can’t be easy though. One song you’re belting out anything the Followill brothers would be desirous of, and the next you’re paying homage to Tom Waits. It’s the kind of light and dark mind-f**k that Radiohead used to do so, so well. It’s a balance that’s either painstakingly sought for, or in Life in Film’s case, a delightfully natural outcome of their communal, often contradictory, influences.
Life in Film play Venue 1 at Hare & Hounds on Tues 23rd October 2012. Tickets available here.
Check out the video for ‘The Idiot’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
