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Bruise
12+ albums
experimentalchillouthardcorecrossoverbritish
about
1. Bruise is a three-piece punk band from Lawrence, Kansas. Their debut EP Mary, Your Son Has Left Me was released July 8, 2016 with the band's first tour following immediately after. 2. Jazz-improv band. folks: Tony Bevan (Soprano, Tenor and Bass Saxophones) Orphy Robinson (Tuned Percussion, Electronics) John Edwards (Bass) Mark Sanders (Drums) Ashley Wales (Electronics) 3. Bruise met in Jim’s mostly derelict home in the East End of London, a little bit further east of the fashionable east end. That says more than it might, Bruise are just that bit further east of fashion, Bruise exist where inspiration starts. With two very separate ideas of what was music Isobel and Jim’s taste collided to form progressive folk like it had never been heard before. From a background of folk clubs and festivals, unacompanied singing and opened tuned guitars, Isobel had a catalogue of melodic and lyrically intense songs, Jim brought production sensibilities from early Genesis and pop genius not seen since Cindy Lauper. Their first album was much loved, critically acclaimed by The Times, The Wire and played on BBC6 Music. It opened a door to venues all over the world, from Europe to the US, their live shows gathered a momentum that left audiences slack jawed in amazement. This strong recorded presence and growing reputation as live performers won them repeat appearances at Glastonbury, support slots for cult space-rockers Hawkwind, play on US college radio, positive review after positi
