Press Release: Cityscape Presents 21st June
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Event: Cityscape Presents . . .
When: Sat 21st June
Where: Octagon BNT, Bolton
Tickets: £9, £7 concs. £6 4 or +
Booking: Octagon Box Office 01204 520661
Performing: The Loungs, Merchandise, Moore Marriott
A showcase of some of the best of the North West’s up-and-coming bands returns to Bolton’s Octagon Theatre on June 21 after the success of last month’s sold-out inaugural event.
Headliners at the second Cityscape Presents evening are The Loungs, a band described by Word magazine as “the best thing to come out of St Helens since the East Lancs Road.” NME called their sound as “heart stopping trippy folk” but however you describe it there’s no denying that it oozes joie de vivre.
And with Merchandise and Moore Marriott completing the line up on the night , put on by Bolton-based Cityscape Records in the theatre‘s Bill Naughton Studio, promises to be the perfect sunny-sounding soundtrack to the summer solstice.
Merchandise’s melodic pop has regularly been described as “summery” and latest single Sometimes, out now, provides the perfect introduction. Music Week magazine described it as “a breath of fresh air.”
Opening the evening are acoustic four-piece Moore Marriott. With influences including Elliott Smith, Neil Finn, Ed Harcourt and Badly Drawn Boy ,they deliver soulful songs with infectious arrangements. Banjo, cello, melodica and trumpet are among the instruments featured.
Brad B Wood, Cityscape founder and Merchandise member, said: “Cityscape was inspired by unbridled enthusiasm for music and we’re delighted to be able to introduce acts we love to an audience we’re sure are going to love them. It’s fitting that this show is on the longest day, at the height of summer, because each of these bands is bringing their own brand of sunshine.”
The show starts at 7.30pm and is compered by Fish, another wonderful comedian from the Northwest circuit who’s regularly taken his show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tickets are available from the Octagon Ticket Office on 01204 520661 or through the website at www.octagonbolton.co.uk.
Future Cityscape Presents nights will take place on 11 October, 12 December and 7 February 2009.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL Cityscape Records on 07779 239 779
cityscaperecords.co.uk