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PHANTOM ISLE:
Northampton’s Phantom Isle bring their unique blend of electronica and indie-rock to Two Palms, celebrating the release of their new 6-track EP ‘Embers’. Their music has received high praise from the BBC’s Jack Saunders and Huw Stephens and Kerrie Cosh and has been used on TV shows such as Made In Chelsea. Cosh calls their music 'incomparable', citing their songs as being some of her favourite tracks that have been submitted to BBC Introducing during her career. With their driving synths and soaring melodies.
Having sold-out shows in London and around the UK and taken festivals in France and Germany by storm, Phantom Isle's dynamic live performances have made them one of the most exciting new independent bands on the scene today.
+ guests China Aster
Described by BBC Introducing as ‘very fresh and new’, China Aster is the solo project of Guernsey-born, London-based Josh Moore. Taking its botanical name from a debt-ridden character in Herman Melville’s ‘The Confidence Man’, the project kicked off in 2022 with debut single ‘If I Could Dance’.
Moore moved to London to study Fine Art at Goldsmiths where he drew on inspiration from the utopian writings of Karl Marx, Ernst Bloch and Nikolai Fyodorov. Recent singles have tackled topics ranging from rationality, memory to toxic positivity. Self-described as “a campaign for lucid daydreaming”, China Aster’s music explores hope and optimism through notions of political action and science fiction, via the contemporary art-pop of John Maus, MGMT and Grimes, and via classic 80s artists The Style Council, Cocteau Twins, and Talking Heads.
Having worked with Oliver Marson and mixing engineer Joshua Rumble (Black Country, New Road), China Aster has been supported by Louder Than War (‘single of the month’), When the Horn Blows, The Most Radicalist, Babystep Magazine, Acute Pop, Wax Music, Post-Punk, RGM, BBC Introducing (‘track of the week’), Amazing Radio and Fresh on the Net.
Presented by Two Palms.
This is an 18+ event