GIG REVIEW – Emissaries Of Syn, Maines, Warlockhunt @ Comrades Club, Conwy
While the rest of the UK alternative music scene seems to have bounced back after Lockdown parties etc, North Wales dragged its heels. Attendances have been as sparse and sporadic as the gigs themselves, with only Rhyl hanging on for dear life while everywhere else has been pretty dead. The avid among us sought sonic solace in Chester, Liverpool and Manchester. Hopefully a buck to that trend is about to begin. Conwy is a beautiful town halfway along the coast, situated within the walls of a majestic medieval castle. It is renowned for its real ale pubs and famous for the residents’ uproar that prevented Brexitspoons opening up and ruining the vibe. The Comrades Club was a regular (if unlikely) host of hardcore punk gigs (pre-Covid), until someone moved into a flat nearby, complained about the noise, and… yes, you get this all-too familiar story.More
A new cross-border project has emerged between Conwy’s Mark Watson-Jones and Lorraine Peaker from the Wirral. Under the moniker Warlockhunt (I’m still trying to figure the underlying message), they have released Sleep/Heal.