Guy Challenger and Egg Spectrum
Ababcb magazine launch event gig
19.6.24 The Bunkhouse
Today is warm, nice, and understanding. We sit by the beach with
some smoke and some drink awaiting to walk on over to The Bunkhouse.
The reason for this excursion is Ababcd’s latest magazine launch
- which I luckily got to nab a copy before it was released and drooled
my eyes over it, proper chuffed.
The walk - solid and smooth, to Bunk with no hiccups to catch this
groovy event. I approach the stage like an animal in heat, eager to
fill my holes with music, and luckily for me I rocked up just as the
music started.
Guy Challenger is on first and this is my first time watching their
set and I’m digging.
I will never lie - I am not the biggest fan of acoustic music unless
I am proper in the mood but this is tickling my brain nicely.
Extremely well thought out lyrics, solid strums, lovely vocal timings
/ melodies and a fat amount of emotion in the voice - hooha that’s
what we like to listen… truly haunting but soulful.
Very interesting battered looking acoustic guitar which resembles
the skin of a zombie perhaps drawn by a child. This guitar doesn’t
sound like hell - like most electro-acoustics do which - “is
why I don’t leave the house!”
I’d love some mandolin and other pretty instrumentation over
Guy’s pretty voice and guitar, that would go so fucking hard.
Such soulful songs ending in such wholesome “thank yoooouuuussss!”
I’ve been bashing a film I adore titled ‘Austin to Boston’
a lot again recently and Guy should’ve been there mannnn, lovely
set… onto the rest of the event.
I was so distracted by the lovely vibe outside, talking and blending
with Ed Spectrum, sharing love and laughter with Guy Challenger and
yes I am far too tipsy to be reviewing but here we move… Shortly
I’ll be flying back inside to experience Ed Spectrum on his Todd
for the first time but I’m ready and moistened, I’m a Rainyday
fanboy through and through.
Watching Egg now, I love his vocal inflections, guitar tone and drip,
I love his drip. This man is an alien, he doesn’t belong here,
he is one of my own and I am glad. This human has a far out rhythm
and plays on his own as if there’s a band, which is definitely
a talent.
I’ve never caught Egg on his own before nbut I love it, great
songs that could be set alight on any independent film oooh yeah.
Plus Egg can Swan-golian throat sing.
Woah, currently having one of the longest pisses of my life and subsequently
have missed the last band Stickman, next time I promise I will write
about this band but from what I heard from the toilets they sport
pop sensibilities and groovy grooves so sucks to be me I suppose!
Cracking night, I’ll catch you again Ababcd Mag… make sure
to check out their latest addition which features an advert from Stinky
Pete and The Boys (also known as Monet.)
Mr Pickett
ABABCB mag available ar Swansea Bay Records, Tangled Parrot, Hobos
and here
