Deerhoof + Dubais

Deerhoof Brighton

Deerhoof live in Brighton at Concorde 2 on 30th August!
Get tickets above until 5pm tonight, or from Dice until 6pm tonight. There should be limited tickets left on the door, but buy in advance to avoid disappointment.

Stage times:

Dubais: 8.15pm

Deerhoof 9pm

Please wear a face mask if you can – some of Deerhoof need to stay clear of COVID due to health reasons.

AFTER 28 YEARS, DEERHOOF RECORDS THEIR STUDIO DEBUT AND IT’S ALL IN JAPANESE

Sit down, let me tell you a story. We look at the state of the world and think, “It’ll be a miracle if we survive.” But miracles are what humans do as our planet’s most inventive and unpredictable species. Miracle-Level is Deerhoof’s mystical manifesto on creativity and trust, its answer to the artificial industries of deception, coercion, and boredom we’re forced to put up with.

Deerhoof’s 19th album is also their first to be recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Not because they had tired of their anarchic sound, but because they wanted to open their secretive DIY comfort zone up to something new and uncomfortable. Our research has not turned up many examples of a DIY band waiting 28 years to entrust their record to a proper producer. But in summer 2022 Deerhoof decided to take a chance. 

“Seemingly out of nowhere, I was presented with a miracle-level opportunity to produce Deerhoof,” says Mike Bridavsky, a total stranger to the band until Joyful Noise founder Karl Hofstetter suggested him. “Two consecutive weeks at No Fun Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I began listening through their albums and realized: I have no fucking idea how to make a Deerhoof record. Did anyone? They’d assembled a catalog of thoughtful, wild, and unique records, each different from the one before. I was about to be inserted into a thriving creative organism that’s worked almost exclusively with each other, with unlimited control of every blip and bleep. This was the session I’d been dreaming of for my whole professional life—and I was terrified.”

Nor was this to be the only departure from standard operating procedure. The band emailed Bridavsky the music they’d been listening to for inspiration: Rosalía, Meridian Brothers, Les Freres Michot, Ngola Ritmos, Mozart opera. It occurred to them that none of this was in English. Satomi decided that she’d like to forsake the language of “the world’s policeman” and write Miracle-Level’s lyrics entirely in her native tongue.

The record they walked out with at the end of two weeks is often unexpectedly sotto voce, a drama term referring to emphasis attained by lowering one’s voice. Miracle-Level is an avant-garde, anti-fascist carnival, its spicy surprises whispered conspiratorially, and lit by candlelight. Sit down, let me tell you a story celebrating the infinite small wonders of existence…the miracles that spontaneously present themselves when we’re not distracted by the tribalism and manipulation of our death-driven masters…the miracles that Artificial Intelligence will never replicate. Deerhoof speak in a secret code in which hooks abound, genre is nonexistent, and magic ever awaits us. https://deerhoof.website/

Plus support:
Dubais is the multimedia music project of visual artist, cultural activist, and musician Nadia Buyse.  https://dubais.bandcamp.com/album/mxtp

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
30082023 – Deerhoof. Concorde 2
01092023 – Simon Joyner. The Rose Hill
05092023 – Chris Farren. The Hope & Ruin
12092023 – VC Pines. The Hope & Ruin
13092023 – 2nd Grade. The Hope & Ruin
15092023 – Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. Green Door Store
15092023 – Samuel Organ. The Rosehill
19092023 – Trigger Discipline. The Prince Albert
21092023 – Nanocluster: Cubzoa & Immersion. The Rosehill
05102023 – Andy Irvine. Lewes Con Club
13102023 – Yowl. Green Door Store
13102023 – KEN Mode. The Hope & Ruin
14102023 – Honeyblood. The West Hill Hall
16102023 – ALASKALASKA. The Hope & Ruin
19102023 – Birds In A Row. Soup, Manchester
20102023 – Comfort. Green Door Store
21102023 – Birds In A Row. The Exchange, Bristol
21102023 – Cherym. The Prince Albert
22102023 – Birds In A Row. The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
23102023 – The Tubs. The Hope & Ruin
27102023 – FEWS. The Hope & Ruin
20102023 – An Evening With Kristin Hersh. Komedia
31102023 – Hilary Woods. The Rosehill
01112023 – An Evening with Tom Robinson. Lewes Con Club
02112023 – Personal Trainer. Lewes Con Club
08112023 – Silver Moth. Lewes Con Club
10112023 – Maruja. Green Door Store
11112023 – Soft Machine. Lewes Con Club
11112023 – Dark Horses. Green Door Store
11112023 – David Tattersall Group. West Hill Hall
15112023 – Autobahn. The Green Door Store
24112023 – bdrmm. Patterns
28112023 – Ozric Tentacles + Gong. Chalk
28112023 – The Rural Alberta Advantage. The Prince Albert
30112023 – Flat Party. The Prince Albert
01122023 – Mickey Callisto. The Folklore Rooms
02122023 – Don Letts. Lewes Con Club
09122023 – John Otway. Lewes Con Club
13122023 – Modern Nature. Lewes Con Club
18022024 – Michael Cera Palin. The Hope & Ruin
20022024 – Pip Blom. Chalk
23022024 – JOHN. Concorde 2
21042024 – Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash. Lewes Con Club

Fully accessible to wheelchairs, all on one level. Gendered toilets. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. More information: https://www.concorde2.co.uk/faq 

Deerhoof Brighton

Deerhoof Brighton