Admiral Fallow

Birmingham Promoters present:
ADMIRAL FALLOW + C DUNCAN
£9adv • Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
http://birminghampromoters.com/

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Admiral Fallow

Admiral Fallow is a group centred around singer/song-writer Louis Abbott. Citing influences such as Tom Waits, Elbow, Low, Midlake, King Creosote, and Springsteen, Admiral Fallow add clarinet, flute, double bass and four jaw-dropping voices to the usual indie line-up to smash through their joyous, heart-filled, orchestral-tinged and beautifully well crafted songs.

Since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Boots Met My Face’, Admiral Fallow have toured with the likes of Fyfe Dangerfield, Snow Patrol and The Felice Brothers, completed a headline tour of the United States, and played an astonishing six sold-out shows in seven days in their home town of Glasgow.

Released May 2012, album number two Tree Bursts in Snow saw the band undertake a lengthy UK tour in support of the release. The album was received favourably by critics and the public alike.

With new album, Tiny Rewards released on May 25th, 2015 promises to be a huge year for the band.

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C Duncan

Glasgow’s C Duncan, born 1989, is the son of two classical musicians. Surrounded by music throughout his childhood, Christopher initially took up piano and viola. His teens led him to school bands – learning to play guitar, bass and drums – but did little to quell his fascination with the composition and performance of classical music. He eventually enrolled in Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) to study music composition, where his pieces were performed by various ensembles across the UK.

To hear C Duncan’s music now is to grasp those two common threads between his interests in classical and modern music. The pieces that make up his forthcoming debut LP are formed from lush choral harmonies and acoustic instrumentation, textured like contemporary dreampop and all recorded at home in Glasgow on his bedroom studio setup, gradually built up one layer and one instrument at a time. The results of this methodical and isolationist recording process give us charming lo-fi folk with the harmonic width of choral composition, the sweetness of barbershop and the rough eloquence that has so readily soundtracked Glasgow over the past decades.