Name: OSP Presents: Mayflower Madame (NOR) + Bloodworm + Virgins
Start: 2024-11-15T20:45:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-16T00:00:00+01:00
Location: Strongroom Bar

OSP Presents: Mayflower Madame (NOR) + Bloodworm + Virgins

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 / 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 .
*𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒* @ 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐫, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧.
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄:
𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 (𝐍𝐎𝐑)
𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬:
𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦
𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬
𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 (𝐍𝐎𝐑):
Over the past years, Mayflower Madame has gained a reputation far beyond their hometown of Oslo, Norway. They made their debut with the album "Observed in a Dream" in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America, while 2020s long-awaited sequel "Prepared for a Nightmare" firmly established their position as one of the continent’s leading purveyors of cinematic psych-gaze swathed in 1980s post-punk and dark romanticism.
The covid-19 pandemic hit hard just after their sophomore release, but in 2022 Mayflower Madame finally returned touring in the UK, France and Eastern Europe. The following year the band focused on writing new music while also releasing a Deluxe Version of "Prepared for a Nightmare". They are now current with their highly anticipated third album which has been mixed and mastered by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, The Vacant Lots). It's due for release November 1st 2024, but the first two singles - "A Foretold Ecstasy" and "Paint It All in Blue" - have already been launched to great acclaim and extensive radio support (including BBC 6 Music).

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
https://www.instagram.com/mayflowermadame
https://www.facebook.com/mayflowermadame
Music:
"A Foretold Ecstasy":
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ex0mELRIavsNDJPQgXfGp
"Paint It All in Blue":
https://open.spotify.com/track/5D0pvOAd4nm6hEQmCxqEFP
"Prepared For A Nightmare" LP:
https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/prepared-for-a-nightmare
"Observed in a Dream" LP:
https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/observed-in-a-dream
Videos:
"A Foretold Ecstasy":

"Paint It All in Blue":

"Vultures":

𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:
"Mayflower Madame adorn black hearts on the sleeves of their leather jackets with a sense of pride, and so they should." (8/10 score) - 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐔𝐒)
"Wildly addictive mix of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia. Utterly superb." - 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫 (𝐔𝐊)
"If you like your beats fast, your guitar riffs laden with atmospherics and your music dark, you could do far worse than Mayflower Madame. They’re a complex musical package tied up in a black post-punk bow." (𝟖/𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞) - 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 (𝐔𝐊)
"This band is intensity no matter the tempo. It’s not unusual by any means to find artists using various levels of restraint to powerful, even explosive ends, what’s rare is to find it being done with this level of craft." - 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐔𝐒)
"Here you get ten excellent examples of how postpunk can still appeal to the imagination." - 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 (𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦/𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬)
"Mayflower Madame creates dreamy dark romantic masterpieces. "Prepared For A Nightmare" is a beautiful collection of catchy post-punk, dreampop and shoegaze songs." - 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 (𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦)
"Prepared For A Nightmare is a major record. Over the course of listening, we acquire total certainty. Magnificent." - 𝐌𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 (𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞)
"The dark tones and rhythms mixed with psychedelia of this beautiful Mayflower Madame album appear fully in tune with the dark times and the climate of apocalypse that the world has been experiencing in recent times." - 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐢𝐯 (𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲)
"Mayflower Madame makes your neck hair stand up and provides for a pleasant creepy feeling. "Vultures" is swinging post-punk with a shock-rock atmosphere, "Sacred Core" is a hike through the scorching desert heat. The three Norwegians don't need mescaline to evoke shifted ideas in the listeners, the record is psychedelically tinged." - Art Noir (Switzerland)
"This is dark and delightful, rebel rock and roll through the prism of cold Nordicity." - 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚)
𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦:
Bloodworm burst into 2023 by filling out Rock City’s basement to capacity for Beat The Streets festival followed by sold out debut headline gigs in Manchester and Nottingham.
By May they were opening the legendary Rescue Rooms stage for Dot To Dot festival having already supported Opus Kink and headlined the Shacklewell Arms earlier that month. The second half of the year kept the pace with performances up and down the country with headline slots at various local festivals and an autumn tour with sold out gigs in Sheffield and Manchester.
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬:
‘I love it, I absolutely love it. It really is an outstanding track.’ – 𝐁𝐁𝐂 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠
‘The smart money’s on them to be the next band to break nationally’ – 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dot_to_dot_festival_2023_nottingham_uk_may_28_2023
HOCKLEY HUSTLE REVIEW
‘A masterful performance’ – 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/hockley_hustle_2023_nottingham_uk_october_22_2023
DOT TO DOT REVIEW
‘A stand out performance for the day’ – 𝐀 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦
DOT TO DOT REVIEW
‘We looked at eachother and said ‘I like this’ – 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭
‘The set threw the crowd into a sea of jangle’ – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
https://www.instagram.com/bloodwormband
https://bloodworm1.bandcamp.com/music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2l4nW5oXWqgGxKWOTzvqQs
Videos:
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BloodwormBand/videos
Bloodlust Live VIDEO:

Alone In Your Garden Live VIDEO:

𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬:
Virgins are one of the most exciting bands to come out of Ireland in recent times. A Belfast based shoegaze band that have quickly established themselves as a live force and a rising name locally, nationally and internationally, selling records all over the globe.
Following on from the sold-out pressing (200) of EP ‘Transmit a Little Heaven’ and recent single ‘s l o w l y, l o n g’, the band’s debut album ‘Nothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautiful’ is due out April 2024 through Blowtorch Records on a pressing of 300.
Currently, the band have over 56K streams on Spotify alone, a healthy and active social media presence with Irish and UK tour dates in 2024, along with festival appearances in summer. The profile of the band continues to grow and they have a substantial and dedicated fanbase amongst the shoegaze community.
They recently released a new, much anticipated gaze-pop single, 's l o w l y, l o n g'. The single marks the first collaborative writing effort from the band and finds them embracing pop-centric melodic influences as much as the multitude of fuzz and reverb pedals that adorn their pedalboards. Lyrically the track speaks of unchecked desire being set free. ‘s l o w l y, l o n g’ is the sound of a band leaning into their strengths, fusing elements from different genres to bring a fresh, contemporary and exciting sound to the genre.
Debut EP 'Transmit a Little Heaven' was released October 2022 via BlowtorchRecords and quickly sold out its vinyl pressing of 200. The release received considerable media and radio coverage; Dan Hegarty, BBC Across The Line and shoegaze radio station DKFM championed the band along with The Last Mixed Tape, Nialler 9, Hot Press, Chordblossom, The Thin Air, Dig With It and Japan based Portal Zine all showing appreciation for the release. The EP made its way into various end of year lists including Chordblossom’s Top 25 albums and Top 50 songs, Shoegaze Blog Top 20 releases of 2022 and Destroy/Exists Top 10 Ep’s of the year.
The band spent 2022/23 gigging relentlessly including a 6 date headline UK tour in November 2022 and a short Irish tour in April 2023. This led to slots at the Button Factory, Dublin (550 cap), Set Theatre, Kilkenny (400 cap) and headline slots at GazeFest in both Belfast and Dublin. The band supported Bleach Lab and Bdrmm on their Irish tours.
Debut album ‘Nothing Hurt and Everything Was Beautiful’ will be released on starburst vinyl (pressing of 300) via Blowtorch Records in April 2024. The album finds the band exploring a wider sonic palette, seamlessly moving between the gaze-pop of ‘slowly, long’ and ‘disappearer’, to the dance influenced ‘softer’ and to the heavy, expansive and ethereal ‘pale fire’ and ‘tend’. Their captivating sound doesn’t rely on recycling shoegaze tropes but brings a fresh and contemporary approach to the genre.
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒:
‘All encompassing dream pop sound’
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞
‘Virgins come correct with hooky gaze-pop’
- 𝐍𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝟗
‘Shimmers and glistens’
- 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
‘Deafening dream pop’
- 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
https://www.instagram.com/bandofvirgins
https://www.facebook.com/bandofvirgins
https://bandofvirgins.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Ec9rcMOwRUkuOBALVMHAP
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hBXYcwvP8Z_89NlniqIdQ
Videos:
Virgins - s o f t e r (official video)