The Utopia Strong Brighton

The Utopia Strong play Green Door Store on Thursday 30th June 2022!

Tickets available on the door. Stage times:

MATTHS: 8pm
The Utopia Strong: 9pm

Call it synchronicity, call it happenstance, call it no more than three friends getting together to give their speakers a workout. Yet The Utopia Strong’s formidable conflagration of psychedelic radiance and beatific harmony has evolved way beyond all or any expectations since the band’s inception.. ‘International Treasure’ chronicles the collaborative collision of Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi and Mike York heading into unchartered psychic territory, seemingly with nothing but their instincts as co-ordinates.

What’s resulted is a step beyond anything either band or audience might have expected – a deeply rewarding voyage into inner space which moves into darker and still more evocative sound-worlds whilst remaining fundamentally off the map. Influences know no bounds in this context, and the
listener would be forgiven for locating the atmospheres and soundscapes of this album on some sonic promontory above and between the potent abstractions of Tim Hecker, the improvisatory excursions of The Necks, and the gothic allure of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore.

‘International Treasure’’ is the next chapter in a story which only grows more rewarding with every stop along the way – one in which three heads travel together deeper into their own musical journeys, and the resulting alchemical power transmutes its origins into gold. As no less a sage than Andrew Weatherall proclaimed, The Utopia Strong are “gnostic sonics in a nutshell”. theutopiastrong.bandcamp.com

Plus MATTHS

The Radiophonic Workshop collaborator, MATTHS (Matt Hodson) is a familiar name in the electronic music world and will highlight his his new direction of heavy experimental techno. Listen to his new single ‘Audition’ now: https://open.spotify.com/track/2YfO43o7ZxtpaXm8nDQBgi?si=6d9f92cd85da4b75

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour Shows:
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13062022 – Press Club. The Hope & Ruin
30062022 – The Utopia Strong. Green Door Store
08082022 – KIEFF. The Hope & Ruin
01092022 – Soccer Mommy. Chalk
08092022 – The Howlers. The Hope & Ruin
16082022 – Hot Flash Heat Wave. The Hope & Ruin
16092022 – Ducks Ltd. Green Door Store
18092022 – We Were Promised Jetpacks. Patterns
19092022 – Wyldest. Latest Music Bar.
04102022 – Regressive Left. The Prince Albert
19102022 – The Burning Hell. Lewes Con Club
25102022 – Plants and Animals. The Hope & Ruin
25102022 – Tess Parks. Green Door Store
01112022 – Porridge Radio. The Old Market
02112022 – Porridge Radio. The Old Market
09112022 – Aoife Nessa Frances. The Prince Albert
16112022 – Dan Mangan. Chalk
16112022 – Lime Garden. Patterns
23042023 – Shonen Knife. Lewes Con Club

Accessibility:

Fully accessible, on one floor. Disabled toilet, ask at bar for key. Full gender neutral toilets. Warning, cobbled floors which are uneven in places. If you require a carer ticket, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting or standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance so we can make arrangements.

The Utopia Strong Brighton
THe Utopia Strong Brighton