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The Ferret presentsCRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION
+ special guests TBA
Thurs 2nd Oct
The Ferret, Preston
£15 adv / more on the door
Tickets: https://theferret.live/listings/crime
Crime & the City Solution are an Australian rock band formed in late 1977 by singer-songwriter and mainstay Simon Bonney. They disbanded in 1979 leaving only bootleg recordings and demos. In late 1983, Bonney travelled to London and in 1985 he formed a new version of the group in the U.K. which included members of Nick Cave’s recently disbanded The Birthday Party; later they transferred to Berlin, where they issued four albums – Room of Lights (1986), Shine (1988), The Bride Ship (1989) and Paradise Discotheque (1990) – before disbanding again in 1991. In 2012, Bonney reformed the band in Detroit with two veterans of its Berlin era and a handful of new members.
Crime & The City Solution have a long history of recruiting songwriting heavyweights including Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party) and Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and the band now reaches its sixth incantation with members Bronwyn Adams (violin and vocals), Josh Murphy (guitar), having teamed up with lead mastermind Simon Bonney to release new music via the revered Mute Records.
The Crime acoustic dates are, explains Bonney “born of a want to play the songs as they were first written - in a lounge room on an acoustic guitar - to create an intimate atmosphere that captures the simple joy of friends playing together for friends, unmediated by technology.”
Bonney has said, “we will be opening with a selection of acoustic renderings and then turning up to 11 and closing out the set with a full-throttle electric set of classic Crime controlled chaos.”
"… expert at locating something holy in the rubble"
— Uncut 8/10 on American Twilight
"Widescreen, complex and often breathtaking in scope and attack"
— Record Collector 4/5 on American Twilight
"If Crime & The City Solution wanted to show the world that they were back, loud and still willing to sprinkle a bit of magical dust onto a holy book and invoke the devil, their Friday night in London was a success."
— Music OMH live review of 2012 London performance
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Ferret, 65-67 Fylde Road, Preston, PR1 2, United Kingdom,Preston, Lancashire
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