L & L at the Sussex Arms
Cyrano + All the Above + Steffan James
Entry Requirements: 18+
Local & Live continues into the evening in The Forum Basement (Located at The Sussex Arms)
Cyrano
Cyrano are a rock four piece comprised of Joe Ackerley, Tim Hubbard, Matt Wilson and Karl Barton. Veterans of the Tunbridge Wells music scene, they have built a large underground following around London and Kent. Their influences range from Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Crowded House and The Beatles. They have two albums available to download, stream and on CD “I You Us Them” and “Cyrano”). They have a new EP “Bargaining Chip” recorded and coming out very soon!
All The Above
Returning to Local & Live after last year’s triumphant performance. All The Above are a dynamic 4 man Alt Grunge Metal band from Royal Tunbridge Wells. Combining Heavy grooves, Sung/shouted vocals, Helmet/RATM style riffing with a vehement post-hardcore precision.
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Steffan James
Steffan writes superbly crafted pop and acoustic rock songs, full of raw energy and infectious melodies. Steffan is renowned for his exemplary guitar playing and textured vocals and If you enjoy songsmiths such as John Mayer, Frank Turner and Newton Faulkner, then you will love Steffan James…
As guitarist and singer he has been featured in touring shows such as James Taylor in ‘You’ve got a Friend’ as well as Lindsey Buckingham in the legendary Fleetwood Mac tribute ‘Fleetwood Bac’ and is a member of “The Alter Eagles”
As a songwriter he has shared the stage with artists such as Billy Ocean, The Christians, Scouting for Girls, Sounds of Sirens, Newton Faulkner, Madness, Josh Doyle, Joan Armatrading, and many others. He releases music on a regular basis and sessions for up-and-coming artists in and around the south-east of England.
Line Up
REVIEW FROM BLAM MAGAZINE: 'Enter CYRANO, and despite the respectably sized crowd, the quality gap compared to certain Stable acts that draw bigger ones, yawns open like a bottomless chasm.
With minimal fuss, Cyrano just get on with it as 'Gathering the Dust" takes over and makes them sound heartbreakingly huge. Imagine Thirteen Senses writing with Embrace while Clearlake look on, crying into their beer. When Joe Ackerley's vocals aren't doing the high wire act, he roars with a fractured anguished dignity, somewhere between Thom Yorke and Chris Martin, but there's no girly piano in Cyrano's set up. Their mood develops from chiming guitars that in the space of a few drawn out chords can make you drop to your knees and be thankful that the world is so goddamn beautiful; soaring, swooping melodies, teetering on the brink between joyful abandonment and despair, pour from their amps, crash and ebb around your brain and trickle down your spine like cold sweat.
The newer material, such as "Signs" and "Discontinued" echo the Coldplay and Pearl Jam comparisons made frequently with this band, but intrinsically, they only share the same sense of power and ethereal sensuality, as the ideas are theirs alone. There's absolutely no filler with this band. Each song is a perfectly crafted, impossibly sexy work of art in itself, honed and perfected over time. Their tunes build, grow, expand and explore, going exactly where you want them to and leaving you breathless with anticipation for the next one. "Surely", you say to yourself, "It can't get much better than this." Then it does.
Quite simply, Cyrano are just stunning.'
All The Above are a dynamic 5 man Alt Grunge Metal band from Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Combining Heavy grooves, Sung/shouted vocal, Helmet/RATM style riffing with a vehement post-hardcore precision.
