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The Ferret & Tuff Life Boogie present:Kungens Män + The Janitors
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Double Headline Show
Weds 17th September 2025
The Ferret, Preston
Doors 7pm
Tickets £12 adv / more on the door
KUNGENS MÄN:
Kungens Män is a free rock ensemble from Stockholm, Sweden. Active since 2012, the band has built an enthusiastic following of music freaks and a strong reputation as a must-see live band. The music is rooted in improvisation and drone rock with a large emphasis on instant composition, rather than traditional ”jamming”. Intertwined, chiming guitars, free jazz saxophone, punky and funky minimalistic drumming and a low end department with both bass and Moog playing off each other makes a brew that takes the music in many different directions, reminiscent of everything from seventies Miles Davis to Träd, Gräs och Stenar to Sonic Youth to Can, but still with a unique chemistry and a voice that is totally current and in the now. This is music in motion.
"Imagine late 60’s Santana, The Velvets and Sonic Youth jamming over the drum beat of Jaki Liebezeit from Can: and yes it is as good as it sounds." - Monolith Cocktail
”Krautrockers, assemble! Or, you know, whatever krautrockers do—I assume it involves homemade spacecraft that, yes, absolutely fly. Perhaps one of these days I’ll ask Stockholm’s Kungens Män, whose latest outing for Riot Season, simply titled Chef, is an outbound delight of psych-infused progressivism.” - The Obelisk
"Chef plays like a tense horror or sci-fi movie soundtrack. You could amplify the climax of black-and-white horror classic The Night of the Living Dead, with pretty much any track off the record. Boasting three guitarists in its roster, Kungens Män injects shots of adrenaline from multiple aural angles. It’s almost as if the listener is surrounded by a well-organized mob of zombies. But the sound is so well contained, there’s nowhere to run. You just have to succumb." - Global Garage
Links:
https://kungensman.bandcamp.com
https://facebook.com/bandetkungensman
https://instagram.com/kungensmanband
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4Be__EIqDABC5LwFBEypQ
THE JANITORS:
Conjuring heavy drones and sinister garage psych freak outs, Stockholm outfit The Janitors have been a formidable presence on the European underground since they formed back in 2004.
Channeling the freewheeling spirit of Hawkwind with equal smatterings of Sabbath and Spacemen 3, the band are masters of taking hold of a gnarly fuzzed out groove and beating it within an inch of its life. Probably not for the faint of heart, their druggy wig-outs are totally relentless and unforgiving.
For the uninitiated, perhaps we should turn to the late Hunter S. Thompson who famously wrote: “Buy the ticket, take the ride.. and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well... maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.” Those words serve as a perfectly apt instruction manual - or warning, perhaps - for entering the Janitors nightmarish world.
In May 2024 the drone machine collective from Stockholm presented their latest offering to the altar of fuzz and drone, the critically acclaimed An Error Has Occurred released on Rocket Recordings. To everyone's surprise the album charted on the UK top 100 and The Janitors did a small run of sold out shows in the UK. The Janitors have released 7 albums and a bunch of EPs on labels like Fuzz Club (UK), Bad Afro Records (DK), Little Cloud Records (US), Cardinal Fuzz (UK) to name a few.
You will want to experience The Janitors. They would like to point out however, that despite their name, they will not be responsible for mopping up your brain substance from the floor after they are done blowing your minds.
Links:
Thejanitors.bandcamp.com
Instagram.com/janitors_sthlm
Facebook.com/janitorsofficial
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Ferret, 55 Fylde Road,Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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