MUSIC
If you’ve got the ills, The Craufurd has The Treatment A deliciously varied line-up comes to town in April, and the list includes a double-Grammy winner, death metal pioneers and more than a smattering of rock’n’roll. Sammy Jones talks you through the visitors...
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lternative modern rock three-piece The Hara have a new EP out at the start of April, and they are touring to support We All Wear Black – the fellas will call in at The Craufurd Arms on
April 9. “We want to show everyone that despite it all, despite what the statistics say, despite what people say or any of that social media acceptance bullsh*t, it really doesn’t matter,” says frontman Josh Taylor, explaining the band’s mantra, “Thousands of people will reject you for being different but there are 10 times over that amount who will accept you and who are feeling just like you. If people can become a part of such a glorious resistance through our music, then that’s our mission.”
Beardyman - looking forward to getting on stage in MK
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We All Wear Black was produced by Jason Perry, known for his work behind the desk with artists including Don Broco and McFly, and on stage as frontman with Brit Rock mob A. He will also knob twiddle for The Hara’s debut elpee, which is set for release in the second half of the year. The Treatment issued their fifth album, Waiting For Good Luck in 2021, and the hard-rock mob are now piling in the van and hitting the road to bring the noise. They’ve raised their own high bar when it comes to dishing out sonic power and hulking riffs, and this is the second disc that features Tom Rampton taking care of mic duties. The Cambridgeshire crew have toured with some real heavyweights of rock - Kiss, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper and Steel Panther among them. and they are looking forward to their Wolverton return, on April 20. “To be back out on the tour and coming to your beautiful city is an honour for us, we have been kept apart from what we love doing for too long!” said guitarist Tag Grey, “Come down and join us for a night of proper rock ‘n’ roll and support one of the greatest venues in the UK. See you all at Craufurd.” Just before the whole Covid thing went mad, we spent a brilliant night at The Craufurd getting an earful of Stray and The Groundhogs. If only we could have seen what lay ahead.... Anyway, the stalwart rockers are ready to roll once more, and return to the venue on April 23,
The Treatment (main image) and The Hara (inset) will play at The Craufurd Arms this month
with support from Vambo. It’s a Saturday night too. Can’t say fairer. Beardyman brings his beats to the Wolverton venue on April 29, as part of his MakeFaceDance tour. The Beatcheck brand first brought him to town back in 2006, and he has been a regular visitor ever since, aside from the pandemic shut down. “We have had to wait for almost three years to get back behind a sound system, and it’s only fitting that our return to the stage is with Beardyman. We are pumped, and so are the bass bins,” the Beatcheck Monkey told us. Beardyman is every bit as thrilled to be getting back to business: “I have always felt most comfortable on stage. Perhaps it’s because the happiest times I can remember are when I’ve ended up bonding with a group of new friends by uniting them through improvised music. It’s the greatest feeling in the world... “There is no greater thrill for me than to be surrounded by friends old and new, on a stage full of equipment that allows me to achieve a state of flow, instantly forming the music in my head, as it occurs to me, in real-time, into music. Music others can hear and feel as I’m feeling it, before I’ve had time to critique it, edit it, pull it apart. This is my purpose as an artist.” > Find all tickets by tapping to thecraufurdarms.com
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