BLEAK (andblue) is fronted by Anton Shelupanov and backed up by Yvonne Okoduwa, both formerly of Misnomer, at one time the biggest underground band in the UK, with the support of classically trained multi-istrumentalist Rach Woodworth on bass and joined on guitar by Tim Clarke of magnificent electro-rockers I Am immune, with help from such musicians as Geoff Courts of the mighty prog punk outfit Djevara, world-famous jazz saxophonist John Moriarty and seminal Russian bard Vlad Parkhomenko among others. Together they play the sort of alt.blues that can melt through bank vaults. Heavy, brutal, primal, direct, and yet sublimely beautiful, it drags you by your throat from the plantations of the 1860s Deep South via the jails and chain gangs of the Great Depression and throws you face down among burning remains and charred corpses of the Rhythm Night Club, Natchez Mississippi. They tried to sell their souls to the devil at the crossroads, but he couldn’t afford them, so they are going to give you a piece for free instead. (read less)

BLEAK (andblue) is fronted by Anton Shelupanov and backed up by Yvonne Okoduwa, both formerly of Misnomer, at one time the biggest underground band in the UK, with the support of classically trained multi-istrumentalist Rach Woodworth on bass and joined on guitar by Tim Clarke of magnificent electro-rockers I Am immune, with help from such musicians as Geoff Courts of the mighty prog punk outfit Djevara, world-famous jazz saxophonist John Moriarty and seminal Russian bard Vlad Parkhomenko among... (read more)