Hallan @ Bedford Esquires

CE BAND ALERT WARNING – DO NOT MISS. Please don’t come crying to us when this band are bigger than a dinosaur on ben johnson steroids and you missed them in Esquires coz you stayed in to watch some simon cowell nonsense. Quality TV = Mr Ben, Curb your Enthusiasm and CHiPS (not the remake), don’t waste time watching other stuff – go watch bands.

Some blurb…

Hallan are a Portsmouth-based four piece who write and rehearse in an 18th-century fortification built into the side of a hill and surrounded by a forest. It’s within these dramatic surroundings that frontman, Conor Clements channels the frustrations, insecurities and events of early adulthood into his lyrics. Which are littered with observational poetry and messages of reassurance that you’re not alone in this overwhelming world.

With the band drawing influences from the people they cross every day – in the supermarket aisles, on your Facebook feed, next door neighbours. Hallan observe and commentate on British life via an Orwell-influenced bleak vision of the future and the cut-up style of Burroughs and other beat generationers.

Tickets from Seetickets / Slide Records / Esquires Bar.