The Forum presents:

Forum Basement : Helena Deland

Helena Deland + Wovoka Gentle

The Sussex Arms, Tunbridge Wells

£6
Entry Requirements: 18+
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“filled to the brim with emotion, femininity, and a touch of dreaminess.”

–Sydney Gore, Nylon.com

Montreal performer Helena Deland might be new to the party, but she’s making quite a splash. Her songs are infectiously dreamy and otherworldly, with a sinister underpinning that sets the heart aflutter in all the ways.

In 2016, Deland released her Drawing Room EP, on which she and her band delve into decades past with spacey psychedelia, 60s mod pop fizz, and traditional folk sounds that are positively modern. With just enough production to perfect the finely crafted songs, Deland and company are able to produce a polished and prime record that accurately represents the talent and skill therein.

Comparisons to vocal powerhouses like Leslie Feist, Julia Holter, and Julee Cruise abound and rightfully so—Deland’s sound is strong and memorable, and her presence is striking. You may also hear hints of Thom Yorke’s winsome singing– her low, rich, smokey vocal register has a similarly chilling quality, to be sure.

Helena Deland’s enchanting, sincere, and emotive songs will be echoing from a mountain near you this summer at the Dawson City Music Fest—come hear the beauty for yourself.

facebook.com/helena.deland

helenadeland.bandcamp.com

Wovoka Gentle are Imogen Mason, Ellie Mason and William J. Stokes.

“Wovoka Gentle is constantly evolving project. Our roots are in traditional soil - we love the structure and soundscape in folk songs - but we wanted to work from those foundations to develop a new vocabulary, a new kind of songwriting."

Having formed in the summer of 2014, the band wrote and performed the score for avant-garde physical theatre company Stasis' production A Table, directed by Aniela Piasecka, and went on to provide music for the world premiere of Alex Howarth’s stage adaptation of What's Eating Gilbert Grape at London’s Bridewell Theatre. Informed by such collaborations as these, the use of performance art, installations and projected visuals has made its way to the heart of Wovoka Gentle’s live shows.

Wovoka Gentle launched their first EP, Wovoka Gentle [Yellow], via Yucatan Records in July 2015 with a sold out show at London's Cecil Sharp House. Their next EP Wovoka Gentle [Blue] followed in November 2015 with a sold out show at Electrowerkz. Third EP Wovoka Gentle [Red], produced by Gareth Jones (Grizzly Bear, Depeche Mode, Interpol) was released on October 7th 2016.

www.wovokagentle.com