Live music listings: November 2007

Doors 7.30
£8 via WeGotTickets | £10 door

On their fourth release Frog Eyes stretch their trademark sound further around the evolving, inspired compositions of singer/guitarist Carey Mercer. With 'Tears of the Valedictorian', the Vancouver quartet has crafted a dense work that breathes and seethes with an energy all its own. Though on the surface Mercer's lyrics hold an extremely bleak world view, at its core this is vital, hopeful music by a group of musicians seemingly playing with a single mind.

Main support are Fireworks Night.

Fireworks Night have made two albums. The first is called 'It's A Wide, Wide Sea' and dates from 2003. The second is 'As Fools We Are' and was released earlier this year. If you jumble up some of things that have been said about them you get the following:

"A big cult seductively trod somewhere between a ukulele-powered folk-shanty and a Parisian cafe busker. Even then they sounded like no-one, slyly nicking subtle traces of timeless majesty. Sated, delirious from this Masque of the Red Death they then seep their way into your subconscious. You get the feeling that there isn’t a single noise. As the journey continues it seems no light is going to appear. Full of doom, you – this restless gem – are found in grace, in the manner of a siren, luring unwitting sailors to an awe rapt doom. Lavished with love and violence, raw and exposed on a winter morning, you get the feeling that elemental spirits are obvious. They tell this story wonderfully well. Just bring your ears."

Fireworks Night have developed a hardcore following through support shows with artists such as St Vincent, David Thomas Broughton, The Mules, Emmy The Great, Johnny Flynn and more.

'As Fools We Are' is out now on Kartel.

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