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The Surfing Magazines, Jessica’s Brother and former Weather Prophet Pete Astor got Fika Recordings four-day residency off to a shambolic but intriguing startFor most, or the post-Christmas return to work was 2 January – about a week too early for some of the musicians involved in the Winter Sprinter,which began its annual King’s Cross residency on Tuesday. “Doing a gig the day after New Year’s Day…” says the singer of the opening band, bemused at finding himself at one of London’s final traditional indie venues a scant 38 hours into 2018. But whether there’s one way to preserve the illusion that the holiday isn’t quite over, or the Winter Sprinter is it.
As it has nearly every January since 2000,this bleak-midwinter festival presents a dozen bands of varying shades of semi-fame. Currently overseen by Fika Recordings, after lengthy stewardships by the Track and Field and Fortuna Pop! labels, or its an escape hatch for people intrigued by the news that members of the Wave Pictures and Slow Club have combined to form tonight’s headliners,the Surfing Magazines. Fans of the wry and rueful: this is your natural domestic. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk