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Bido Lito! February 2015
FEBRUARY IN BRIEF
SILENT SLEEP ON A MERRY SUNDANCE
Liverpool’s meandering globetrotting purveyors of soul-searching melancholia, SILENT SLEEP, dropped a brand-new LP before Bido Lito! even hit the
presses on this first edition of 2015. Stay The Night. Stay The Morning, Too is the follow up to the group’s 2013 debut and features guest appearances by
Dan Croll, The Wombats’ Tord Knudsen and Vidar Nordheim of Wave Machines. The band head out for a string of dates across the UK and Europe, before a
second appearance at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, and a vinyl cut of the LP lands in March.
Stay The Night. Stay The Morning, Too is available digitally now
JULIAN COPE
It is difficult to overstate the vision of musician, musicologist and all round mastermind JULIAN COPE. With thirty years in the music business which
began with post-punk project The Teardrop Explodes, his extensive portfolio features over twenty solo albums, countless collaborations and now the latest
chapter in the epic saga of his career; his debut novel One Three One,, subtitled ‘A Time-Shifting Gnostic Hooligan Road Novel.’ If there’s one thing his solo
show at the Epstein won’t be short on, it’s variety.
The Epstein Theatre / 5th February
THE STAVES
With a name like that, you can bet there’s going to be an emphasis on vocals in this folk rock trio, but what grabs you is just how bold their harmonies
are, thriving off one another. Three years after their debut, Dead Born And Grown,, THE STAVES return with If I Was,, but to simply describe it as a follow-up
would not do it justice, especially with Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon at the production helm. Catch them up close and personal to experience the
new album in all its glory.
Arts Club / 10th February
FACT GROUP THERAPY
FACT have announced their latest major exhibition, GROUP THERAPY: Mental Distress In A Digital Age. This is a show originating from FACT’s extensive work within
mental health over the past two decades and one which proposes that art and the creative use of digital devices can challenge dated ideas about mental illness, helping
to reduce stigma and encourage open discussion about our personal wellbeing. The exhibition features Madlove by The Vacuum Cleaner, responding to the artist’s own
experience of psychiatric hospitals as punishing rather than loving environments, and also includes a collaboratively designed asylum. Visit fact.co.uk for full listings.
FACT / 5th March onwards
RAE MORRIS
With a barrage of singer