Pop Mutations & The Glad Cafe present:
Thorn Wych
+ Greet
+ Ancient Hostility
+ Bell Lungs
THORN WYCH makes instruments from tree branches in her backyard workshop which she feeds through a chain of lofi effects machines, and she sings in tongues, creating atavistic hymns and hypnotic dances. For this tour she will be bringing her new Yew tree instrument series. The Yew tree symbolises renewal, rebirth and everlasting life; and with these she will usher in the new year and sing praise to Asherah the Eternal Mother of All.
Thorn Wych's debut album "Aesthesis" was released on the label Hoodfaire in November 2024. https://hoodfaire1.bandcamp.com/album/aesthesis
"..haunted, sinister drones, glitched electronics and vocal incantations that reestablish the coordinates for England's Hidden Reverse... sounds and song that pull post-industrial and traditional music into a ghostly, mesmerising fog that's wholly unique " - World of Echo
From the ashes of Anarchist Black Metal band, Dawn Ray’d comes GREET, the solo project of former drummer Matthew Broadley. Greet uses a Harmonium and voice as the centre piece to this dark and rich contemplative folk; combining the undulating drone of the Harmonium with soothing melodies to channel grief, joy, nature, anger, revolution and revenge into enthralling folk vignettes. The enchanting sound evokes the dynamic, awe-inspiring and untameable landscape found in surrounding county of Yorkshire and conjures the cinematic atmosphere of Folk Horror films, blurring the lines between traditional folk and drone. The live Greet experience is beautifully minimalist; just voice, Harmonium, Earthen scents and your wandering thoughts.
ANCIENT HOSTILITY are a Liverpool-based close harmony & drone duo, comprising of members of of anarcho folk-punk outfit All In Vain, and black metal band Dawn Ray’d. https://ancienthostilityfolk.bandcamp.com/album/sing-as-loud-as-you-can
BELL LUNGS is the moniker of Scottish-Turkish vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and creative facilitator Ceylan Hay. Taking a freewheeling, magpie attitude to ambient, noise, free improvisation, psychedelia, jazz, post-rock, minimalism and folk, her music creates subtly shifting sound worlds drawing on natural cycles, environmental disaster and the microcosmic aspects of relationships. A vaguely obsessive instrument collector, she integrates vocals, strings, keys, tuned percussion and woodwinds into lushly textured layers and loops.