By Katie Carr-Fergurson, Live-Soc
Compiled below is everything you need to know about each band taking part in the annual Battle of the Bands, an event run in collaboration with Bristol RAG.
Cassanova: Cassanova are a five-piece Bristol based soul-pop band. They formed in 2017 and have been playing venues around Bristol together ever since, with highlights including ‘The Louisiana’ and ‘Crofters Rights’. Headlined by singer-songwriter Cassa Jackson, their performance promises to be a lively mix of original songs and upbeat covers. They are excited to play at the battle of the bands for the second year in a row!
The New America: The New America is a Bristol punk band founded in October 2018. Brought together from mutual love of bands like Idles, Heavy Lungs, and Rage Against the Machine, The New America’s sound has been compared to Mission of Burma (in a good way), The Foo Fighters (in a bad way), and Joy Division. The New America have a mission, and that mission is to sound like a blender. In a good way. A way that causes wispy tears of joy to stream down your face.
Fado & Ragnarp: Fado & Ragnarp are a duet consisting of Brendon Warwick and Natalia Chan hailing from Bristol. Our musical style consists of R&B, Acoustic and Soul. Our inspirations range from Daniel Caesar to Troye Sivan to John Mayer.
Killiarc: Killiarc consists of Alex Carpenter (lead guitar), Rohan Inston (rhythm guitar, vocals), Max Bloom (drums) and Ben Richards (bass), all Bristol students. Rohan and Alex have been playing together for over a year and have written several progressive instrumental metal songs which have been finalised with the help of the others. We started in blues and metal backgrounds and have common ground on bands such as Tool, Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, with Ben finding similar interest and Max coming from a jazz background. This'll be our first gig together and we're super excited to show what we've been working on!
Seb and The Daymen We are ‘seb and the daymen’, am alternative four piece, conceived in Bristol. 'It’s like optimistic goth music, I like it’ - Stew Jackson (Massive Attack).
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