Chaos Theory presents: Extra Life (ex-Secret Chiefs 3, Zs), Seaming To

Recently reignited after an 8-year hiatus, supergroup Extra Life brings their special brand of experimental post-punk and prog rock to London. Mesmerising singer and multi-instrumentalist Seaming To will support.

£16.50 advance – https://link.dice.fm/E9bf048d2964
£20 on the door

Between 2008 and 2012, Extra Life released four records, and toured the U.S. and Europe extensively, including appearances at Primavera Sound (Spain), Moers (DE), Villette Sonique (FR), and Bad Bonn (CH), and sharing bills with Sonic Youth, Ariel Pink, Deerhoof, Owen Pallett, Deerhunter, and Chelsea Wolfe. Looker put Extra Life on hiatus in 2013, to focus on his classical composition, improvisation, and his metal band Psalm Zero.

Looker reunited Extra Life in 2021, releasing Secular Works Vol. 2 (2022), to great acclaim, and The Sacred Vowel (2024), both on his own imprint, Last Things Records. International touring followed, including a slot at A Colossal Weekend Festival (DK). The current band line-up includes Toby Driver (Kayo Dot), violinist Timba Harris (Ultraphauna, Secret Chiefs 3), and drummer Cameron Wisch (Sheer Mag, Dust Star).

“Sublime miniatures that veer from moody gothic and folk arrangements… to dramatic progressive metal architectures” – The Wire

“One of the very best bands ever” – Marina Organ, The Organ

“[Looker is] an art-rock visionary.” – Hank Shteamer, Time Out New York

“Progressive, deeply poly-rhythmic, almost vaudevillian pieces ally Gregorian chant with Scandinavian chug metal and sheet music with a skeletal calm distinctly its own.” – Jack Mills, DAZED

Photo by Jessica Hallock

Source: New River Studios website