SCREENSAVER + ME LOST ME + MARCEL WAVE

Upset The Rhythm label showcase featuring…

SCREENSAVER
ME LOST ME
MARCEL WAVE
Wednesday 14 August
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £11 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Q72f781acc64

SCREENSAVER is finally making its way to Europe and the UK this August. The Melbourne synth-punks blend the dark and moody elements of post-punk and new wave with synth sounds, both caustic and cosmic, to create a sound that is tense, direct, and often undeniably danceable. Their sophomore album ‘Decent Shapes’ was released in late 2023 on Upset The Rhythm to critical acclaim, with praise from Rolling Stone, Post-Trash and Maximum Rock’n’Roll. With extensive US and Aussie tours already under their belt, the band is excited to make it to the UK and EU for the first time.
https://screensaver.bandcamp.com/

ME LOST ME delights in experimenting with songwriting and storytelling, creating a beguiling mix of soaring vocals and atmospheric electronics that playfully push the boundaries of genre. Led by Newcastle-based artist Jayne Dent, who takes influence from folk, art pop, noise, ambient and improvised music, the project has transformed since 2017 from a solo endeavour to an expanded group, regularly collaborating with acclaimed North-East jazz musicians Faye MacCalman and John Pope. Me Lost Me’s music has been described in The Guardian as “stripping folk back to its bones while letting its future echoes bleed out”, and by BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson as a “brilliant peculiar noise”. Me Lost Me’s latest RPG album was released last summer on Upset The Rhythm.
https://www.melostme.com/

Marcel Waves writes eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds, and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment, ‘Something Looming’ (Upset The Rhythm), is part of a trades club symphony, itchy serenade, and wistful lament. As their heady concoction of ‘Meades meets Pat-E-Smith meets Kirklees Borough Council’ gets prepped to be formally baptised on a dank stage near you. Formed when Lindsay Corstorphine and Christopher Murphy of Sauna Youth and brethren Oliver and Patrick Fisher of Cold Pumas were summoned by northern ink-slinger Maike Hale-Jones, Marcel Wave’s debut offering is a walk through a smoke-filled pub with yellowing wallpaper and all eyes on you. It’s a chronicle of the death of the docklands, the decline of industry, the high street, civic pride, civilisations, hopes and dreams.
https://marcel-wave.bandcamp.com