Jem and Alex will be playing 'New Gold' and Half A Penny
SDC's 2012 tour
Plus collaborating on new work. Dead
Days Beyond Help are Alex Ward (guitar/vocals) and Jem Doulton (drums).
They formed in 2006 and played their first show in February 2007, and
have performed regularly in London and around the UK since then. Their
debut album "Access Denied!" (Copepod, 2009) featured a set of 9
compositions (6 instrumentals and 3 songs) written by Alex;
while a subsequent limited edition release "The Verbing" (Copepod, 2011)
showcased the duo's totally improvised work.
Since mid-2009, all
of DDBH's new material has been composed collaboratively by Alex and
Jem in band rehearsals. The first fruits of this process are featured on
the album "The Game Face", to be released in 2012. A subsequent album's
worth of material has also been written.
Their live performances feature an unpredictable mix of complex composed instrumentals, free improvisation, cover
versions selected for maximum emotional resonance, and Alex's own songs, spontaneously balanced by the
two musicians without use of a set-list.
"formidably
knotty, complex music which avoids the dry geekiness of US math rock
while beating it hands down in terms of intensity and fluidity... Ward’s
guitar work leaps between metallic crunch, Fripp-esque tangle and
Chadbourne choogle with astounding energy and precision, while Doulton’s
drumming swings with commensurate joy and fury" - The Wire.
"Dead
Days Beyond Help treat music as something between a four-dimensional
sandbox and a hiking trip through the human psyche" - The Dreaded Press. |
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