Välvē + Hexial

To celebrate the release of their second LP, 'Tiny Pilots', VÄLVĒ will be performing in Chlöe's hometown as part of a launch tour, with support from Nottingham-based Hexial.

What is VÄLVĒ? Folk lullabies re-imagined by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Found-sound collages interrupted by Welsh language orations and sudden outbursts of fuzz bass. Gleaming synth-pop workouts that collapse into swirling dreamscapes of sax and harp. Tiny sounds opening out onto the epic. Hi-tech and no-tech, deployed with equal measures of discipline and abandon. Carefully sculpted disorder. Uncanny geometries of noise and melody. Dizzy and gleeful and drawn in notebooks. That is VÄLVĒ.

Hexial is the solo project of Alex Herington from Nottingham in the UK, also known for dark synth-pop band Method Cell. With influences like Tipper, Plaid and Orbital, Hexial’s sound is lush, melodic electronica/IDM with a glitchy edge, evoking mental images of vast galaxies and the electricity of city skylines at dusk. He has 2 albums and an EP released, available on CD, Bandcamp and streaming platforms.

Doors 7:30
£8adv./£10otd