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Lau present Unplugged

WRECKING BALL ARTS CENTRE, 15 Whitefriargate, Hull, HU1 2ER

26 Feb 2022

20:00

£21

12+

For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour.

The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling.

Already acknowledged as phenomenal live performers (‘the UK’s best live band’ – the Guardian), Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019’s Midnight and Closedown (Reveal Records). That album was produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, This Is The Kit), who said: ‘Lau are in touch with their roots but not bound by them’.

The Unplugged concert tour sees traditional music’s most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. The approach is subtler, less about spectacle, more about close listening. In brash and polarised political times, here is the poetry of real instruments and considerate music making.

Praise for Lau:

‘Lau are a remarkable band – the most musically adventurous trio in British folk – exquisite and hypnotic, musicianship at its best’
★★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

‘This is music of such stunning creativity – one of most thrilling live bands’ SUNDAY HERALD

‘Instrumental virtuosity’ MOJO

‘Intoxicating, mesmerising music’
BBC MUSIC Magazine

‘Quite unlike anything else out there’
ACOUSTIC Magazine

Four-time winners ʻBest Groupʼ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

Doors: 7:00pm

Venue Details

WRECKING BALL ARTS CENTRE,
15 Whitefriargate,
Hull,
HU1 2ER

01482 214941

sales@wreckingabllstore.co.uk

https://wreckingballstore.co.uk/events/

Retail Shop, Cafe and Venue selling New and used Vinyl , Books and official band merchandise located

Opening Times

Monday
8am-11pm
Tuesday
8am-11pm
Wednesday
8am-11pm
Thursday
8am-11pm
Friday
8am-11pm
Saturday
8am-11pm
Sunday
8am-11pm