Show Notes
Leeds band Bathing Suits closed Rising on Saturday night with their club-ready noise-rock. Hear them sat under the shade of a Green Man tree, with South Korean riot grrl trio Sailor Honeymoon, who had opened Far Out that same morning.
Seoul’s antidote to K-Pop, Sailor Honeymoon are a punk band who’ve been going against the grain since 2022. Formed by photographer Abi Raymaker and techno DJ Zaeuun Shin, the band connected with Bathing Suits over their musical communities in their hometowns of Seoul and Leeds.
The episode continues with Jennifer Walton, who played the Walled Garden early on Sunday, chatting to thredd, who lit up Round The Twist on Friday.
Last autumn the Sunderland-born, London-based electronic musician and DJ Jennifer Walton released her debut solo album Daughters after a decade and a half of working with others and touring as a session drummer.
London trio thredd boast the title for the most inviting debut album name — It’s Lovely, Come On In, also out last year. The group, featuring Immy Williams of Imogen and the Knife, make what Big Jeff once coined “cold pop”: dancey, dark, synth-imbued, influenced by Portishead, Massive Attack, Lana Dey Rey, and Britney Spears — as thredd say, “icy, succinct pop music for those who are up for a party, down for a cry”.
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