KAPUTT + CHARLÈNE DARLING + SHAKE CHAIN

Upset The Rhythm presents…

KAPUTT
CHARLÈNE DARLING
SHAKE CHAIN
Tuesday 25 October
The Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London, E8 2EB
7.30pm | £8 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Me65df16dada

KAPUTT are a completely, utterly broken, post-punk act from Glasgow, Scotland, coming to you via Upset the Rhythm. Racing away from the playful torn edge of no-wave song, Kaputt blurt out tracks with twitchy charisma, their catchy riffs circle with relish, allowing timely sax stonks and stop-start rhythms to drive things on. Vocals leap, guitars bluster, and the saxophone snakes are hypnotically drawn through the erratic beat. There’s a riot of fun at play in their febrile racket, but there are also some deeply cerebral grooves and choice lyrical concerns evident too. Once described as “Like SesameStreet”, the group continues to strive forward and prove this statement correct.

CHARLÈNE DARLING lives in Paris and makes off-kilter, shimmering chanson post-punk that connects the dots between the feminist troubadours of Agnès Varda’s L’Une Chante, L’Autre Pas, Thai molam music, The Raincoats and the way Cate Le Bon slides between bucolic melody and clanging post-punk. Her debut album, Saint-Guidon, was one of 2019’s buried treasures! When entering the funny world of Charlène Darling, you will first notice that nothing is square, yet everything seems in its right place. Her solo set (presented here) is all about love, rhythm and voice, a frontal topic and a minimalist setup – drum and vocals – that leads to a surprisingly full and energetic sound.

SHAKE CHAIN is a 4-piece experimental group formed by artist Kate Mahony (Vocals), Joe Fergey (Drums), Robert Eyres (Guitar/Synth) and Chris Hopkins (Bass/Synth), hailing from Bournemouth, London and Oxford. Formed through a love of thought-provoking performance art and a yearning for disruption, they recorded their debut EP ‘Neil Yonge and Bob Doylan Live at Hyde Park’ in 2019 with sound artist David Carugo at Oxford Brookes University, released by Permanent Slump. Shake Chain provide a fusion of post-punk grooves, noise samples and chaotic lamenting on the current state of things. Look out for their debut album on Upset The Rhythm later this year.