Location: The Gonzo Theatre, Main Street, Cavan
Admission: €15
Tickets on sale soon in Multisound Cavan,
or can be pre-booked now by calling 087-9603263
FIGHT LIKE APES – THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE LEGS OF TINA TURNER
“Please accept our sincerest apologies, sue Mum & Dad” - from 'Come On, Let's Talk About Our Feelings' by Fight Like Apes
To solve the mystery of the golden medallion (turns out it was Mr. T all along), Fight Like Apes put the tour into Tourettes and dragged their sorry simian asses all over the world. From New York to Newcastle; Berlin to Benicassim. Rings were wrestled in; wrongs were righted.
200 shows later, the band came back to Ireland. Furniture was moved around, FLA dropped a shoulder, threw a dummy and knuckled down with vim and vigour to work on new songs in a North Dublin garage. Thumbs got split, chicks got lit; as they sculpted dirty great big black chunks of noise with synths, fuzz pedals, hammers and oxyacetylene torches.
Febrile with white heat intensity; FLApes decamped to London to work with producer Andy Gill (Gang Of 4, Futureheads, Young Knives, Red Hot Chili Peppers). Here, hidden behind the street traders of Leather Lane; the new Fight Like Apes long player, entitled Fight Like Apes: The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner was kicked and screamed into being. Played live in the room. Black, no sugar.
FLA:TBOCATLOTT sees our intrepid sonic stevedores sink deeper and darker into the treacly tar pits of their collective dank and fetid imagination. Here Indie Monsters are called out and slain, over there limbs are severed. Puke stained lipstick smears tell of your ice cream demise, as elsewhere hookers' victims politely remove their brains. Diamond hard tunes with pitch black rhymes and ridicule – Fight Like Apes take the tumescent cadaver of 21st century pop and hotwire it with a million volts of electro-punk therapy.
The album was released in Ireland in August, charting at # 1 in the digital charts and giving Katy Perry and Eminem a run for their money, entering at # 3 overall. The critics loved it...
"An explosive and triumphant return” **** Sunday Business Post
“A head-spinning slice of twentysomething life” 4/5 Hot Press
“A stonkin' collection which becomes more entertaining on repeated plays” **** The Dubliner
“This is their dirty heart, and it's beating hard” 4/5 The Sunday Tribune
FLA crowned the week of release with an astonishing show in front of a packed crowd at the Electric Picnic; generally agreed by both fans and the media to be one of the highlights of the festival.
On the back of the resounding triumph, Fight Like Apes have just announced their biggest headline show to date; Saturday 27th November at The Tripod in Dublin.
Like a snotty kid poking a dead crow with a shitty stick; or a scabby knee that you just can't help but keep picking at; these are scenes from the A&E at the end of the world, and Fight Like Apes are open for admissions.
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Brought to you by Origins & No Ego Promotions
Assisted by Cavan County Coucil Arts Award