May 4th, 2009

Exclusive Get The Blessing Interview

Here’s our exclusive interview with Get The Blessing. Nick caught up with them to discuss their superb new album, Bugs In Amber, and much more.

Award-winning “genre-bending” Bristolians Get The Blessing are a four piece Post-Jazz collective made up of Portishead alumni Jim Barr (bass) and Clive Deamer (Drums) alongside Pete Judge (Trumpet) and Jake McMurchie (Saxophone). Get The Blessing’s distinctive patchwork of catchy hooks and free improvisation they claim is due to a shared pathological distrust of chords.

Their music is influenced by the work of Ornette Coleman but also plays tribute to the bands dance background as well as incorporating ska and rock. Get more from Get The Blessing here and on MySpace here.

FlomotionRadio.com Presents Get The Blessing, with support from the brilliant Ernesto and DJ slots from Nick Luscombe and the Flomotion Radio DJs, at Cargo in Shoreditch, East London on 28th May. Click here for the flyer.

Tickets are £8 (+ booking fee), available at Cargo, TicketWeb and We Got Tickets, or call 0207 739 3440. Email us if you’ve got any queries.

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