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The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis

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Wednesday 12th February 2025
7:30pm til 11:00pm
Minimum Age
14+

Wednesday 12th February 2025
7:30pm til 11:00pm
Minimum Age
14+

The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis

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The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis

Music Genres

Alternative | Punk


About

THIS IS TMRW
PRESENTS
WEDS FEB 12TH
HARE AND HOUNDS
THE MESSTHETICS & JAMES BRANDON LEWIS
THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM SECTION OF
BRENDAN CANTY & JOE LALLY (FUGAZI) 
DOORS: 7.30PM
TICKETS: £18
AVAILABLE FROM SKIDDLE, VENUE WEBSITE

THE MESSTHETICS & JAMES BRANDON LEWIS(Washington DC, USA)

Joe Lally was onstage, playing at full throttle, when he realized that his band had found a true kindred spirit. It was the fall of 2021 and the Messthetics — the instrumental trio of Lally on bass, his former Fugazi bandmate Brendan Canty on drums and guitarist Anthony Pirog — were at Brooklyn venue the Bell House, digging into their uptempo riff workout “Serpent Tongue.” Joining them for the piece was a special guest, acclaimed jazz saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, making only his second cameo with the group after a drop-in at another New York show back in 2019. That first meeting had been a success, but this time, Lewis’ presence sparked something new.

The sense that there was more to explore within what began as an ad hoc union among the four musicians — lingered after the performance ended. Now, Lewis, Pirog, Lally and Canty are ready to unveil their first full-length album as a quartet. Recorded in just two days in December 2022 at Takoma Park, Maryland, studio Tonal Park, with engineer Don Godwin, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis features nine tracks that capture the combustive chemistry Lally originally sensed onstage while expanding the collaboration in all directions. Across the album, due out on March 15th via the legendary Impulse! label, the quartet can be heard locking into a hard, swaggering funk groove on “That Thang,” cradling a wistful, jazz-like theme on “Asthenia” or rocketing into ecstatic art-punk overdrive on “Emergence.”

Back in the UK for the first time since covid… the legendary rhythm section of Brendan Canty & Joe Lally (Fugazi),  & visionary guitarist Anthony Pirog, will be joined by acclaimed jazz tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis.

Dischord Records –https://dischord.com/band/messthetics

Impulse Records -https://jazz.centerstagestore.com/products/the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis-the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis-lp

Listen: https://themessthetics.bandcamp.com/album/the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis

Age restriction: 14+ / 14 - 16s accompanied by an adult

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106 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ

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