Prolapse, Moderate Rebels
Sunday, October 26, 19:00adv £17
PROLAPSE formed in Leicester in the early 90s and are now spread across the UK and Scandinavia. Still pursuing their own path of repetition and twisted melodies, they merge influences from post punk to krautrock and even folk. Their previous releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels, including Cherry Red and Radar. They feature vocalists Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard, whose intense duelling vocals combine with ferocious triple guitar assault and pummelling rhythms.
Their releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels, including Cherry Red and Radar, as well as recording four Peel sessions. The band has received critical acclaim, including singles of the week on the Radio 1 evening session and NME. They have also toured and shared bills with a diverse array of bands, including Stereolab, Sebadoh, Arab Strap and Sonic Youth.
The fifth Prolapse album “I Wonder When They’re Going to Destroy Your Face” will be released on Tapete Records at the end of August and marks the bands first new recordings since their last album, “Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes”, released 26 years ago, but in some ways it feels like there hasn’t a break at all. From the opening incessant riff of ”The Fall of Cashline”, Prolapse set their stall out, hammering the message that they’re back, over and over again.
MODERATE REBELS are an ever changing 'anti music' London based collective, who value expressing their ideas and feelings simply & directly, sometimes uber minimally, over any flash displays of musical skills. There have been Scottish, English, Australian and Irish members at various points, and have performed live with as many as 8 members, or as little as 3. Moderate Rebels released their debut single in late 2016 and picked instant up radio support from the likes of BBC 6Music's Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs and Radio X's John Kennedy. They have to date released 3 EPs and 4 studio albums (2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023), including a 30 song triple album. With two new studio albums currently in process and a string of releases planned for 2025 - 2026, Moderate Rebels have plenty more to say and do.
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