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ESCOBAR (FR): Limoges "Two Headed Pirate Beast" Make London Live Debut | Dirty Water Club & Weirdsville
23 years after the beginning of grunge’s demise, France’s ESCOBAR have produced a sound that drags that original sound back up by the scruff of its neck, gives it a good kicking of visceral angst, and sends it back out into the world once again. It'’s almost as if the world stopped turning in 1993, and we’re all a hell of a lot better off for it.
After releasing their well-received sophomore LP "Bird Of Prey" (Beast Records in September 2016) Escobar, have toured Europe and USA to promote their third album "The Biggest Sound", which was released in October 2017 on Dirty Water Records USA, and in Europe on Beast Records, Adrenalin Fix and Strychnine Rcds
They played everywhere with the same rage and energy that have kept them going since their first album in 2015 ("エスコバル") and built a solid reputation as a must-see live touring phenomenon.
Escobar hearks us back to that era of massive pedal stomping madness with fat walls of distortion and feedback with BIG buildups reminiscent of those classic slabs from Sub Pop and Amphetamine Reptile Records. It really does feel like 1991 all over again on this record probably because Escobar aren’t hitting 50 years old like Dave Grohl is.
ESCOBAR (FR) make their London debut Saturday, May 12th at the Dirty Water Club and Weirdsville with Suicide Generation and Pink Cigar. Advance no-fee tickets here
The band will be back on the road of Europe over the next few months, with a new album out next autumn !
05/05 - Montaigu-Zichem (BE) // Strong Man Festival
06/05 - Kortrijk (BE) // The Pit's
07/05 - Brussels (BE) // Le Chaff
12/05 - London (UK) // Finsbury Pub (Dirty Water Club/ Weirdsville R'n'R Night)
13/05 - Brighton (UK) // The Pipeline (Weirdsville R'n'R Night)
25/05 - Orléans (FR) // Blues Devil
26/05 - Nimes (FR)
ORDER ESCOBAR "THE BIGGEST SOUND" NOW from DIRTY WATER RECORDS USA
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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, Country Teasers, Black Lips, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers, The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.
Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.
