UPDATE
Unfortunately we’ve had to cancel this show. Jeanines had already had to pull out, following the cancellation of Madrid Popfest and then the transatlantic flight ban. In the current environment it feels an unnecessary risk and have taken the prudent decision to cancel the show.
We hope to have all three bands on a Fika line up sometime soon.
Apologies one and all.
Fika Recordings presents a free show at The Shacklewell Arms!
Tickets from Dice.
Jeanines
Brooklyn's Jeanines specialize in ultra-short bursts of energetic but melancholy minor-key pop. With influences that run deep into the most crucial tributaries of DIY pop — Messthethics, the Television Personalities, Marine Girls, early Pastels, Dolly Mixture — they've crafted a style that is as individual as it is just plain pleasurable. Alicia Jeanine's pure, unaffected voice muses wistfully on the illusions of time, while My Teenage Stride/Mick Trouble mastermind Jed Smith's frantic Motown-esque drumming and inventive bass playing provide a thrilling rhythmic foundation.
Breakup Haircut
This ragtag team came together from across the wilds of London to play their own brand of spooky confessional punk. With heart, power, and oh so many feelings, they hope to one day master playing really, really fast.
Breakup Haircut formed for First Timers 2019, and have since been described as 'instantly charming', 'a mix of nihilism and slapstick guaranteed to put a smile on your face', and 'a pop punk version of the Scooby Doo gang'.
Defined by fierce basslines, humorously relatable lyrics, and a vehement determination not to recycle the same three punk drumbeats, they've been making pals, taking names, and solving mysteries left, right, and centre.
Athabaska
Athabaska are Roxy Brennan, Faith Taylor, Jacob Wills, and Mike Boyle. The band formed in January 2019 to bring together folk, indie and heartland rock. The seeds of the project were planted in 2009 when Jacob and Faith began playing together as students – over the years they played and sang together on a variety of stages, markets, bookshops and living room floors. After spending three years playing in the indie DIY scene, Faith began importing some of these sounds into the project, and what became Athabaska expanded to include Roxy and Mike.
Rough timings:
1930 doors open
2000 Athabaska
2050 Breakup Haircut
2140 Jeanines
and a nice early finish for a Sunday night!