Gig Guide: Sun 4th Oct

 

Sun 4th Oct 20:00 SPARTACUS LIVE :: WITH LOVE FROM HUMANS :: SIERRA ALPHA :: THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME :: GOOD NIGHT JUPITER

Spartacus Live is back for another year of quality live music. The night has been away during the summer break but Bath’s favourite Sunday hang out returns on the 4th October with the following line up.

With Love From Humans are a collection of beings from Bath. They have recently completed a five track mini-album, each song special to them in its own way. They are tales of mixed emotion, life and their harsh truths and gentle lies. They are their 'Tales of Woah.' The mini-album was released around the country on their UK tour of the same name. "I just love that! Every time I've played it it's made my heart leap with joy. What a wonderful record." - Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music)

Sierra Alpha are five young twenty-something’s full of complexity and promise. They make music with their hands and hearts. They have picked up rave reviews from Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales, Alex Zane and XFM

The Voluntary Butler Scheme is, to all intents and purposes, Rob Jones – a young man holed up in Stourbridge just outside Birmingham, writing pop songs of classic sound, vivid imagination and homemade ingenuity. A couple of years ago, Rob filled the days surfing drum stools, playing for a string of bands and relishing the low-expectations life of a jobbing musician. But then, the offer of a solo gig came up. "So I wrote four or five songs, and played the show," he explains. And? "And it wasn't all that," he laughs. "But straight away, I knew I didn't want to play stuff with bands anymore. So I thought I'd try a little bit harder and write some proper songs - and I wrote a dozen songs in a couple of weeks."

And the songs were good. Great, in fact. Take ‘Trading Things In’. A lush ’60s pop frolic rich with overlapping harmonies, dewy-eyed romance, and references to – amongst other things – broccoli, running shoes, and popular hits of the ’50s, it’s an excellent advert for the merits of singing what you know. “It’s got a lyric that goes “yes we can listen to La Bamba on your mp3 player’” says Rob. “Cos ‘La Bamba’, that’s one of my favourite songs of all time. I don’t even know what the guy’s singing about, but you know, it really doesn’t matter. The way he sings it – it just breaks your heart. And I remember thinking, oh, I can probably just talk about whatever I’ve been up to that day and it’ll work.”

So, with such casual ambitions – plus a treasure chest of guitars, keyboards, kick drum and loop pedals – the first incarnation of The Voluntary Butler Scheme was born. Tours with the likes of The Duke Special and Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong saw Rob hone his craft as a one-man band – a line-up that suits him just fine, thank you very much. But as of late 2008, The Voluntary Butler Scheme is touring filled out to a three-piece – hello, Damo on drums; hi John, on keys - to cater for a new clutch of songs that need more than one pair of hands.

Good Night Jupiter are an exciting, fresh, Pop/Rock outfit originally formed in Bath. Their catchy hooks and smooth sweeping melodies combined with the soulful lead vocals; create a unique sound that has something for everyone. From the soft, heart-felt ballads such as ‘Secret Love’, to the up-beat, funk infused ‘Killer’, it is evident from their songwriting that Good Night Jupiter are ‘one to watch’. From the energy they give on stage with each performance, it is clear to see that these five lads love what they are doing and wont stop until they get enough.

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Price: £4.00 / £3.00 NUS
Age Limit: 18+
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Location: Mole Club, 14 George Street, Bath

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