Lower Slaughter + Terse Affection

Lower Slaughter Brighton

Lower Slaughter play a free show at The Hope & Ruin, Brighton on 13th October 2024. It’s free entry but guarantee your place by reserving tickets above or on Seetickets.

Having ploughed through the UK underground for nearly a decade, 2024 saw Sussex-by-the-sea’s Lower Slaughter unexpectedly return after an extended hiatus, with a shift in personnel, a new line-up & all-new music!

With previous singer Sinead Young having parted ways amicably with the group sometime after the release of their second album ‘Some Things Take Work’, former bass player Barney Wakefield has now switched to vocal duties, with new addition James Gardiner taking over on bass guitar.

The guitar and drums set-up remains the same, with Jon Wood and Graham Hebson respectively back to position to complete Lower Slaughter “v3.0”!

The first recorded output under their new guise is an upcoming 7″ EP  to be announced v v soon – a glimpse into both where the band have found themselves in pastures now, and also what is to follow, with their upcoming third album already in the can and due for release later on in 2025!

The four piece once described themselves modestly as a band “who make loud riffs” though The Quietus description of “lurching noise-rock that occasionally works the angles but is chiefly a showpiece for big fuck-off riffs that call to mind Pissed Jeans, Nirvana and Harvey Milk” may be more accurate, and still holds true now.

Since their debut album release in 2017, the band has garnered high praise from the likes of BBC Radio 1 & BBC 6Music, The Quietus, Artrocker (no.1 album of 2018), All Music, Loud & Quiet and Flush The Fashion, as well as finding fans among the likes of BBC Radio 6 presenter Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens & cult comedy legend Stewart Lee, whilst also sharing stages with such bands as Pigs x7, Melt Banana, JOHN, Ditz, No Age, Part Chimp, The Men, Hey Colossus, USA Nails, Gnod, among many others!

“One of the most unique noise rock bands to have appeared in the past five years.” The Quietus

“Ferocious, riff-heavy, angry punk!” Huw Stephens

“This is catharsis in youthful noise.” Loud & Quiet

“Politically and socially conscious, but it’s also an absolute blast.” All Music

Plus Terse Affection: “Country Goth” initially comes across like a healthy disdain for generic categorisation. But it turns out to be a pretty close description of this project from Sealings’ Michael Cotter. Here his music echoes the wonky darkness of artists like The Cramps and Women/Cindy Lee, and imagines them jamming in the shadows under a disco ball in front of an audience of extras from David Lynch movies. “ – Brighton source https://terseaffection.bandcamp.com

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
24092024 – Battlesnake. Dust
24092024 – Eades. The Hope & Ruin
26092024 – Melt Banana. Concorde 2
26092024 – Mermaid Chunky. Green Door Store
26092024 – Welly. Lewes Con Club
27092024 – Prolapse. Lewes Con Club
28092024 – Los Campesinos! Chalk
03102024 – Twen. The Hope & Ruin
05102024 – Parsnip. Komedia Studio
06102024 – Loose Articles. The Hope & Ruin
08102024 – The Howlers. The Prince Albert
10102024 – Balderdasch. The Hope & Ruin
13102024 – Lower Slaughter. The Hope & Ruin
13102024 – Skating Polly. Green Door Store
13102024 – Frankie Archer. Komedia Studio
19102024 – Maruja. The Hope & Ruin
23102024 – Benefits. The Hope & Ruin
24102024 – Junior Brother. The Prince Albert
24102024 – The Tom Robinson Band. Concorde 2
25102024 – DZ Deathrays. Green Door Store
26102024 – Old Sea Brigade. Dust
26102024 – Man & The Echo. Alphabet
27102024 – Art Brut. Concorde 2
03112024 – John Francis Flynn. Lewes Constitutional Club
05110224 – Dame Area. The Hope & Ruin
06112024 – Lack of Afro. Patterns.
15112024 – Joe & The Shitboys. The Hope & Ruin
18112024 – Piglet. The Prince Albert
20112024 – Andy Irvine. Lewes Con Club
21112024 – Alasdair Roberts & Donald WG Lindsay. Komedia
22112024 – Getdown Services. Hope & Ruin
23112024 – The Orb + Ozric Tentacles. Chalk
23112024 – Desperate Journalist. Dust
24112024 – Shovel Dance Collective. Lewes Constitutional Club
30112024 – Porridge Radio. Chalk
02122024 – Victory Lap. The Hope & Ruin
05122024 – Blood Wizard. Green Door Store
07122024 – John Otway & his band. Lewes Constitutional Club
08122024 – Stick in the Wheel. Lewes Constitutional Club
11122024 – Hollow Hand. The Hope & Ruin
13122024 – Dub Pistols. Concorde 2
22012025 – Jim Moray. Komedia Studio
22022025 – She Drew The Gun. Revenge
01032025 – Personal Trainer. Chalk.
06052025 – Soccer Mommy. Chalk
30052025 – MJ Lenderman. Chalk
01062025 – Shonen Knife. Concorde 2

The venue is only accessible via 3 steps so assistance to gain access and to exit the venue would be required. The venue can arrange this if you contact them in advance of a show on 01273325793. One gender neutral disabled toilet, although this is up two steps. Chairs can be provided in the venue although if the event is very busy this will impede visibility. If you wish to make use of a chair to view a gig, we advise arriving early to secure a position. The venue are happy to accommodate assistance dogs. 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 standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance.

Lower Slaughter Brighton

Lower Slaughter Brighton