Sweet Unrest, Eddie Roxy & The Adjacent Kings, Ambition Demolition plus The Groove Toys
Sweet Unrest - “A group that merges classic indie with a rougher, gobbier, sex pistols punk spirit…produced to perfection… it bursts into roaring life” - Lucy Harbron, Far Out Magazine
"We’re here to make tunes that put shivers on your spine and coals under your feet. The music is made for its own sake, not as a means to any kind of end. Frankly, we need to make it to feel ok, and that’s why it’s all here.
We’re fans of poetry, and to us, poetry isn’t restricted to words on a page. In fact, language alone is somewhat limited. We like how, when coloured with music, the meaning of the words can morph and wax, until they articulate feelings we all share, in a way that’s impossible with words alone. A lot of our music toes the line between sadness and joy, longing and frustration. At once, they are odes and egregious grieving, because that’s what life can be like."
Eddie Roxy was a founder member of Department S in 1980. The band was predominantly remembered for their hit single IS VIC THERE? But it’s often forgotten that the follow-up GOING LEFT RIGHT was also a top 40 recording. After leaving the band, Eddie formed Dream Sequence in 1982. He recorded OUTSIDE LOOKING IN with producers Swaine & Jolley, which sold well across Europe. In 2006, over a glass of red wine with Department S’s band leader Mike Herbage, the two decided to reform the band, releasing several well-received recordings and touring the UK and the continent.
In 2022 Eddie felt his time in the band had run its course. It was now time to move on to new pastures, at which point he bumped into an old friend Calle Engelmark and formed Eddie Roxy & The Adjacent Kings.
Ambition Demolition - If you like old-school but fresh Punk Rock, then Ambition Demolition are the band for you!!!!
Groove Toys - Fronted by the ineffable George Norway The Groove Toys, like their frontman, defy description or categorisation. Think the bastard child of Captain Beefheart and The Cardiacs and you might be a fraction of the way there.
Source: The Fiddler's Elbow website