WOVOKA GENTLE NEW TRACK ‘TELL’EM, MAKOTO!’ OUT NOW – STREAM IT ON SPOTIFY AND SOUNDCLOUD
DEBUT ALBUM ‘START CLANGING CYMBALS’ OUT ON 7TH JUNE ON NUDE
UK/EUROPEAN DATES IN APRILDOT TO DOT FESTIVAL, THE GREAT ESCAPE AND LIVE IN LEEDS
ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW AT CORSICA STUDIOS ON 5TH JUNE
London trio Wovoka Gentle
Another example of their limitless sonic horizons, and of their winning way with a song title, ‘Tell’em Makoto!’ starts with a hint of
Will from the band explains that the song was inspired by the book ‘Culture Care’ by Makoto Fujimura. He talks about Mahalia Jackson and how people like her exist on the periphery of influence; they exert influence on people who are actual influencers, and that’s the role of art in society. And Mahalia Jackson is a good allegory for him. She was next to Martin Luther King during a speech that was flagging and she shouted to him, ‘Tell them about the dream, Martin!’ And that’s how the ‘I Have A Dream’ speech started.”
The band
Supporting Malena Zavala
Mon 15 April – Prinzenbar – Hamburg, Germany
Wed 17 April – Trefpunt Concertzaal – Gent, Belgium
Thur 18 April – L’Olympic Cafe’ – Paris, France
Tue 23 April – The Louisiana – Bristol, UK
Wed 24 April – The Moth Club – London, UK
Thu 25 April – The Blue Moon – Cambridge, UK
Fri 26 April – Sound Basement – Liverpool, UK
Sat 27 April – YES – Manchester, UK
Wed 01 May – The Boileroom – Guildford, UK
Thu 02 May – The Blue Arrow – Glasgow, UK
Festivals:
Sat 04 May – Live at Leeds Festival – Leeds,
Fri 10 May – The Great Escape Festival – Brighton, UK
Fri 24-Sun 26 May – Dot to Dot Festival – Manchester and Bristol, UK
Album Launch party
Wovoka Gentle
PRE-ORDER DEBUT ALBUM ‘START CLANGING CYMBALS’ HERE
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