We asked you to make some noise –  & you did. So, the encore continues. The songs came back to life & they want to be heard. They need to be heard. Again & again. Now more than ever. To keep us warm. To help us remember what the point is. Come out & have some fun with us this summer (& fall). You deserve it. Yes. You do. Some Facts Jarvis Cocker formed PULP during an Economics lesson at school in Sheffield in 1978. Their first public appearance was at Rotherham Arts Centre on the 5th July 1980. A John Peel session in 1981 produced the first recordings by the band to be heard by the public. The “classic” line-up of the band (Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior) came together in 1988 when Jarvis moved to London to study film-making at St Martin’s School of Art. Mark Webber (who had been working as the band’s tour manager) joined PULP during the recording of the album “Different Class” in 1995. PULP’s last album (to date) “We Love Life” was produced by Scott Walker in 2001. PULP’s last concert in North America was at the Fox Theatre in Pomona on April 19th 2012 (they played the Coachella Festival the following day). PULP’s bass player, Steve Mackey, passed away on the 2nd March 2023. The current “This is What We Do For An Encore” tour has become dedicated to his memory. This show will be incredible. We promise. Thanks for reading.

ESCAPE-ISM —known as the “found sound dream drama”— is a group specializing in “minimal rock ’n’ roll” led by Ian F Svenonius on voice, beat machine, and electric guitar & featuring Sandi Denton on electric bass guitar, voice, & keyboard As art & expression kneels in servility to corporate dictums, ESCAPE-ISM is an outlier. They’re the “rock ’n’ roll animinimalist” that rides the rails with a bindle stick; a “what me worry?” tramp who haunts out-of-the-way watering holes frequented by roughshod holdouts against computer conformity.  Known for their offhand musical insouciance, ESCAPE-ISM has gathered a devout following of know nothing acolytes across the globe. ESCAPE-ISM also hosts a series of evenings at Los Angles’ Zebulon nightclub entitled “Rated Z”, named for their full length album Rated Z (2022, Radical Elite/Monotone records). These rock ‘n’ roll revues are legendary events of simulated excitement. In 2021, ESCAPE-ISM released “A Protest Against Sound,” a 40 minute silent vinyl record on their own label Radical Elite Records, to register their discontent with the state of music. Tapping into popular discontent, it sold out in mere moments. The next year, the group released a feature length film THE LOST RECORD (directed & produced by I.F. Svenonius & A Cabral), based on the ESCAPE-ISM album of the same name. It won several awards (Chicago Underground Film Festival, Belgrade Film Festival, et al) and toured the arthouses of the world. The soundtrack to this record will be released on In The Red Records. ESCAPE-ISM represents our last hope to wreck civilization. All hail Minimal Rock ’n’ Roll!