Mutations Festival 2022 - Official Programme

WELCOME TO MUTATIONS Over the next 4 crushing days Mutations Festival will welcome over 80 of the most crucial live acts touring the world right now, performing across 8 of our favourite Brighton grassroots music venues.

We’re always trying to get creative and adapt the festival in as many ways as we can and new for Mutations Festival this year are the late night parties at The Hope & Ruin, which run until the early hours on Friday and Saturday and were curated in collaboration with the Brixton Windmill, one of the most fertile musical breeding grounds in the UK right now.

This years festival also sees the launch of the afternoon ‘secret slot’ on Saturday. Debuting this slot in 2022 are The Murder Capital, one of our favourite live bands, who will be showcasing tracks from ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, one of the most hotly anticipated sophomore albums of 2023.

We’re very proud of the programme we’ve managed to put together for 2022, in spite of ongoing global touring issues, and we couldn’t be more humbled by the demand for tickets to the festival this year.

Enjoy your weekend in Brighton and please take a punt on a new artist you hadn’t previously heard of, there’s some real gems just waiting to be discovered this year.

Finally, thank you to all the bands, agents, managers and venues that continue to believe in Mutations Festival, and thank you to the team at Resident, without whom the festival wouldn’t be what it is.

The Whole Team at Mutations Festival x

THURSDAY PUSSY RIOT 8:40PM, CHALK Never more relevant than now, the world’s best known protest art collective Pussy Riot bring the award winning show ‘Riot Days’ to Mutations for an innovative performance combining live music, theatre and video

W.H. LUNG 7:30PM, CHALK Bursting onto the music scene in 2017 as a studio-only three-piece, W.H.Lung have since evolved into a forward thinking synth-pop, Motorik Krautrock powerhouse

DO NOTHING 7.20PM, PATTERNS Do Nothing are a Nottingham based band who’s sound is equal parts Roxy-esque art rock and Ze/Celluloid records no wave

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GHOST WOMAN 6:50PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR For the past couple of years Ghost Woman has been Evan Uschenko’s outlet for innovative songwriting and recording.

Having previously spent time playing in the Michael Rault band

THURSDAY PENELOPE ISLES 6:30PM, CHALK Made up of siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, Penelope Isles’ music is fragile yet ferocious.

They create dynamic blissed out moments soaked in fuzz-noise waves

PALE BLUE EYES 6:20PM, PATTERNS Pale Blue Eyes’ excelsior modernist pop music comes from Devon and Sheffield, via stop-overs in Iceland, KLF-land and the Steel City home of British electronic music

GAFFA TAPE SANDY 5:50PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Established in 2015 by three friends with a desire to bring forth noise and delirium, Gaffa Tape Sandy have been ascending the escalators of garage-rock and punk with seamless solidarity

THE DINNER PARTY 5:30PM, PATTERNS Conceived during a wine-stained evening in Brixton, The Dinner Party find themselves guided by Romantic poets and Gothic Novelists, embracing lyrical tragedy and triumph in equal measure

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THURSDAY PIP BLOM 5:20PM, CHALK Taking the name of their lead singer Pip Blom, the Dutch indie quartet have been captivating audiences with their exuberant 90s influenced alt-rock since 2016

SISTER RAY 5:00PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Sister Ray is the project of Canadian songwriter Ella Coyes, who examines trauma through their music with unflinching honesty and resilience

TALLIES 4:40PM, PATTERNS With their most recent album ‘Patina’ being a captivating example, Canada’s leading dreampop scholars, Tallies, merge the beauty of nostalgia with a sense of enchantment for the present

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JEMIMA COULTER 4:15PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Jemima Coulter straddles the line between the experimental and the accessible, fusing acoustic and electronic instrumentation with mystifying lyrics, impassioned vocals and ambitious songwriting

FRIDAY SQUID 9:00PM, CHALK Marrying propulsive sounds of 1970’s Krautrock, towering ambience and frantic jazz, Squid effortlessly combat the uncertainties of the world with a curious sense of exploration

WARMDUSCHER 7:40PM, CHALK Made from members of Fat White Family and Insecure Men, Warmduscher bring a raucous energy blended with a polished, 80s funk sound, that oozes garage-rock bravado

CROWS 7:20PM, PATTERNS Since their formation in 2015, Crows have whisked a considerable following under their wings, with their monolithic, spacious and hypnotic punk sound

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POZI 6:50PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Doused in paranoia and nerves, Pozi have a skittish, restless energy, both musically and lyrically. Offering a refreshing space for Brook’s violin, the raw post-punk band consist of no guitars and each share vocals

FRIDAY ORCHARDS 6:20PM, PATTERNS A resplendent mix of summer melodies and stellar hooks that threaten to tbe stuck in your head for days, local Brighton heroes Orchards have been described as a “glittery gateway drug”

BODEGA 6:10PM, CHALK With half of the band doubling as filmmakers, New York art-punk innovators Bodega promise politically charged music brimming with plots, characters and settings

OPUS KINK 5:50PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Combining punk and jazz in grimy and dizzying circumstances, Opus Kink are a Brighton based six-piece enlightened by an array of influences

PLASTIC MERMAIDS 5:30PM, PATTERNS Building their own effects pedals and pigeon synthesisers, Plastic Mermaids consider the visual concepts of the band to go hand in hand with their distinctive psych-rock and electronica hybrid sound

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FRIDAY HIGHSCHOOL 5:20PM, CHALK Inspiring a buzz around them since their move to the UK from Australia, industrial noise pop trio HighSchool are masters of nostalgic synth lines, lo-fi vocals and gritty guitars

LAMBRINI GIRLS 5:00PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR “A cornerstone of Brighton’s queer music scene”, Lambrini Girls are a three-piece, serving a very tongue-in-cheek style of their own, with influence from the likes of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre

O. 5:00PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Having toured with the likes of Black Midi, O. are short in name and nature, their set promising turbulence and devious genre collisions

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GHUM 4:40PM, PATTERNS London-based post-punk grunge created by four women who found one another on Gumtree. Ghum bring audiences mesmerisingly melancholic music; raw, honest and cinematic

FRIDAY ROMERO 4:30PM, CHALK Romero are a Melbourne-born exhilarating burst of hard-hitting, punk-laced power pop

YABBA 4:20PM, LATEST MUSIC BAR Specialising in the dark and danceable, Yabba find inspiration from the malevolent power structures within an exhausted musical landscape, creating nothing from something and something from nothing

WUNDERHORSE 4:10PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Wunderhorse is the alias of Jacob Slater, previously of Dead Pretties. Contrary to his past music endeavours, The Beatles meet the Pixies in Wunderhorse’s mix of charming melody and crunch

NAKED LUNGS 3:20PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Utilising distorted soundscapes and driving rhythms, Naked Lungs are a four-piece DIY noise / shoegaze outfit hailing from Ireland 11

LATE NIGHT PARTIES AT

FRIDAY

Standing at the centre of the South London scene, the iconic Brixton Windmill has fostered the growth of countless artists, including Black Midi, Fat White Family and of course Mutations headliners Shame, Black Country New Road and Squid. It seemed fitting then to ask Tim from the Windmill to co-curate the last three acts of our official late-night parties.

He kindly agreed - but sadly he can’t bring the roof dog down to the seaside with him.

PERSONAL TRAINER 1:30AM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Amsterdam based collective and septuplet, Personal Trainer are known for their ways of seeking out the innate joys of being a band, it’s pure, refreshing fun O. 12:30AM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Having toured with the likes of Black Midi, O. are short in name and nature, their set promising turbulence and devious genre collisions JOYERIA 11:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN With mystique adorning his music and his personality alike, Canadian-born Joyeria folds hypnotic guitars and motorik drums through Bill Callahan-like vocals ME REX 10:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Stemming from evenings experimenting with shouty, electronic bedroom pop, South London’s Me Rex and one of the Mutations Festival programmers most anticipated acts of the weekend TUMMYACHE 9:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Tummyache is the moniker of songwriter/producer Soren Bryce, harnessing the restless spirit of the initial 1980s indie surge and planting a flag firmly in the present-day D.I.Y landscape FAKE TURINS 8:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Exploring the psychedelic strut of New York City in the 1970s, Fake Turins are an eleven-piece outfit; dipping into noise, disco and funk

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SATURDAY SHAME 8:50PM, CHALK Following in the footsteps of unflinching musicians and writers such as the Fall, Fat White Family, and Irvine Welsh, South London’s bracing post-punk outfit Shame released ‘Drunk Tank Pink’ in 2021

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD 7:40PM, CHALK Fusing elements of post rock and jazz with gentle splashes of klezmer and art rock, Black Country, New Road are a refreshing sign of musical non-conformity and integrity

MISO EXTRA 7:00PM, PATTERNS Welcome to the Misoverse- a melting pot of cultural and generational substance confronting themes surrounding femininity, female empowerment and being of mixed heritage. “Unami for the ears”

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LOS BITCHOS 6:30PM, CHALK Psychedelic sounds predominantly in the style of instrumental cumbia from the 70s-80s. Based in London, Los Bitchos are Serra Petale, Agustina Ruiz, Josefine Jonsson, and Nic Crawshaw. Feliz Fiesta!

SATURDAY HAMISH HAWK 6:30PM, KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR Rich of voice and even richer of imagination, the singer-songwriter from Edinburgh creates musical pen-portraits as vivid in lyric as they are in melody

LYNKS 5:50PM, PATTERNS Gloriously in-your-face electro-pop thumping. Expect lurid strobe lighting and a (self-titled) masked drag monster, whose exploration of queer vulnerability and rage lies at the very centre of Lynks

FATDOG 5:40PM, THE PRINCE ALBERT ‘Ones to Watch’ Fat Dog, bring a polemic bombardment of electronica and experimental rock, with harsh elements barking through futuristic synths and vocal melodies

RHUMBA CLUB 5:30PM, KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR Tom Falle’s Rhumba Club is a place for real misfits. Not necessarily the fist-pumping flag-waving types, but more likely those who really do find themselves alienated by popular culture

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SATURDAY NUKULUK 4:50PM, PATTERNS An experimental hip-hop/ electronica collective based in South London, Nukuluk encompass chaos through a broad church of influence, a symbiotic group relationship and studio play

EGYPTIAN BLUE 4:40PM, THE PRINCE ALBERT The Brighton based quartet encompass all that is post-punk, with a polemic lyrical approach and infectious intensity

JESSICA WINTER 4:30PM, KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR Defying genre, Jessica Winter takes inspiration from everyday life experience and explores sounds from the 80s, to trap, to indie and back around to pure pop

SPANG SISTERS 4:00PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Formed in 2016, Spang Sisters released their debut album last year on their own label, Bathtime Sounds, and can best be described as r&b flecked bedroom pop 16

SATURDAY CARRTOONS 3:50PM, PATTERNS Not one to miss, Carrtoons has become one of the most sought-after producers since the release of his latest album ‘Homegrown’

PRIESTGATE 3:40PM, THE PRINCE ALBERT Priestgate began as a reaction to the sparse local music scene around them, which in turn has allowed them to craft and develop their own unique sound without the added pressure of conformity

JOHN 3:30PM, GREEN DOOR STORE Not only as an homage to practicality, John Newton and Johnny Healey gave themselves a deliberately mundane title in an attempt to battle the sensationalism of rock music, by nature, sound and name

SOPHIE JAMIESON 3:30PM, FOLKLORE ROOMS Sophie Jamieson is a London-based songwriter who delivers intimate, visceral and uncomfortably honest songs 17

SATURDAY JDM GLOBAL 3:30PM, KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR JDM Global is the musical project of Josh Mehling, who is additionally a quarter of the super-band Shelly. Mehling says JDM Global is an attribute to “togetherness” and “finding a sense of community through music” SWIM SCHOOL 3:00PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Swim School absorb influences from a wide range of genres; from 90s grunge to modern indie and dream-pop

WALDO’S GIFT 2:50PM, PATTERNS Waldo’s Gift is a coherent cacophony of a vast variety of influences, hurtling from the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of jazz through to the most cutting edge experimental electronic music SAINT AGNES 2:40PM, THE PRINCE ALBERT Saint Agnes are a horror punk, trash-metal band from East London fronted by Kitty A. Austen and Jon James Tufnell

THE MURDER CAPITAL 2:30PM, CHALK Playing the ‘secret slot,’ Irish post-punks The Murder Capital play a special show to celebrate the forthcoming release of their new album

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SATURDAY NUHA RUBY RA 2:30PM, GREEN DOOR STORE Nuha Ruby Ra is one of the most exciting and provocative new acts in the country. Since her 2021 Mutations performance, she has toured with the likes of Yard Act, Viagra Boys and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard PORCHLIGHT 2:30PM, FOLKLORE ROOMS A loud, immersive and visceral live environment is what has earned this Brighton group their following, being championed by the likes of So Young Magazine and Fred Perry Subculture among others ELANOR MOSS 2:30PM, KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR York-based Elanor Moss boasts transparency of womanhood in her indie-tinged folk music, grappling the beauties and challenges in femininity

BLEACH LAB 2:00PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN With their combined love for ethereal pop, South London’s Bleach Lab are a four-piece not short of sonic versatility, through their unrestricted and sometimes relentless experimentation and genre exploration

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ROBBIE & MONA 1:50PM, THE PRINCE ALBERT Robbie & Mona are a couple-duet, crafting erratic and psychedelic dream-pop, splicing through the indistinct haze that often plagues the genre

SATURDAY REDOLENT 1:30PM, GREEN DOOR STORE Redolent are driven forwards by a shared appetite for experimentation; their latest singles’ ‘make big money fast online now’ continually shuffling drumbeat underpinning an arrangement that is forever in motion SNIFFANY AND THE NITS 1:30PM, FOLKLORE ROOMS Sniffany & The Nits are a deranged, genuinely troubling punk band from London featuring members of Joanna Gruesome, Ex-Void & The Tubs

SLANEY BAY 1:10PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Fusing soft, introspective lyricism with effervescent, ear-worm riffage, South-West London based trio Slaney Bay are ready to cement their place within the alt-indie landscape

COWBOYY 12:45PM, FOLKLORE ROOMS Newcomers to the scene, cowboyy have been cultivating a dedicated live following; winning over, and confusing audiences with their sonic blueprints of indie, reggae, mathrock and dance music LOWLY 12:40PM, GREEN DOOR STORE Experimental Danish pop band Lowly combine their formal training with an insatiable curiosity and a sense of warmth and wonder

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LATE NIGHT PARTIES AT

SATURDAY

Standing at the centre of the South London scene, the iconic Brixton Windmill has fostered the growth of countless artists, including Black Midi, Fat White Family and of course Mutations headliners Shame, Black Country New Road and Squid. It seemed fitting then to ask Tim from the Windmill to co-curate the last three acts of our official late-night parties.

He kindly agreed - but sadly he can’t bring the roof dog down to the seaside with him.

FATDOG 1:30AM, THE HOPE AND RUIN ‘Ones to Watch’ Fat Dog, bring a polemic bombardment of electronica and experimental rock, with harsh elements barking through futuristic synths and vocal melodies AV DUMMY 12:30AM, THE HOPE AND RUIN If AV Dummy are the sonic Frankensteins of the industry, their music is a monster mash-up of ideas and genres

XVOTO 11:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN London-based experimental duo XVOTO is Jazz Alonso + Saigon Fury (ex-HMLTD). The duo create a chaotic hybrid of dark pop and industrial rap BAD BREEDING 10:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Anarcho-punk four-piece, Bad Breeding, deliver punishing blasts of ferocious punk through a group sense of anger towards the U.K’s political landscape NEGATIVE MEASURES 9:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN Fast, riff driven hardcore punk from Brighton. Split 7” with Other Half out now on Venn Records

FRÄULEIN 8:30PM, THE HOPE AND RUIN London-based Fräulein harness a cathartic sound, reminiscent of 90’s alt-rock and grunge

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SUNDAY BOB VYLAN 9:00PM, CHALK Bob Vylan incorporate an ever evolving sound of genre crossovers in their music. Their unique style has been known to draw rock crowds and rap crowds alike, a testament to their values of community within human life SCALPING 7:50PM, CHALK Favourites of Mutations 2021, the Bristol-based live techno band SCALPING return to this year’s closing party. The Mutations house band?!

GROVE 6:50PM, CHALK Melding together elements of punk-infused dancehall, jungle, bass and pop, Grove constantly morphs the ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ energies that reside within

HEAVY LUNGS 5:50PM, CHALK Born from friendship, Heavy Lungs formed in Bristol in the Spring of 2017 through a mutual need for artistic and sonic self-expression. Hot off touring with Idles perpare yourself for a loud, agile punk performance

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SNAYX 4:50PM, CHALK Snayx are a British Alt-Rock duo hailing from the South East, renowned for their ferocious live sets and visceral, hard-hitting bass riffs

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