The Pastels
+ L.T. Leif + The Cords
Entry Requirements: 18+
The Pastels are a super influential Glasgow-based group whose roots go back to the early 1980s Rough Trade post-punk scene. They recorded singles for RT, Creation and Glass and eventually an enthusiastically received debut album, Up For A Bit With The Pastels. They were on the NME’s scene defining C86 cassette. In the 1990s the group re-configured around a core trio of Stephen McRobbie, Mitch (Katrina) Mitchell and Annabel Wright. Three studio albums, two soundtracks and two compilations have followed, all either on Domino or their own Geographic imprint. Slow Summits, their most recent album, was shortlisted for the Scottish Album Of The Year. The group currently consists of Stephen McRobbie, Mitch Mitchell, Tom Crossley, John Hogarty and Suse Bear.
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The Pastels
A wild dog chasing the sun! L.T.Leif stays wise, wise, wide. This is lo-fi freak folk written by mystic creatures and listened to floating on our backs in cool water.
L.T.Leif is from the Canadian prairies and currently lives in small city Finland. This music has a dark heart, but a heart that believes deeply and equally in humanity and the complicated soil. Rough beasts and sharp brims, the cup she’s filling leaves a long shadow. A shadow whose outline she traces sonically and skillfully, bringing us along tenderly, thoughtfully, openly.
Leif’s work has earned the admiration of K Recs Maestro Calvin Johnson, who recruited her for a release and tour presented by the Believer Magazine, and indie veteran Woodpigeon, who invited her into international pop collaboration “Embassylights”. Of her latest album, Gold Flake Paint writes:
“Leif is one of those special types of songwriters, the kind of artist that can stop a day in its tracks, pull it apart, bend it this way and that, and transport the listener somewhere else entirely”
