Cambridge's acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights play The Bear Club for the first time, having recently released their fifth album Fen Creatures to huge acclaim.
Their sound is an awesome amalgamation of folk and death metal, built around drone guitar and distorted violins (a bit John Cale in Velvet Underground, and a bit Warren Ellis in the Bad Seeds), with the purity of the lead singer’s vocals adding to the unsettling quality of their music.
Following 2021's critically lauded Burials, the band have created their most conceptually ambitious work to date: a meditation on environmental crisis, using the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity's fractured relationship with the natural world. The album spans multiple historical timelines, weaving ancient stories with contemporary concerns into a rich temporal tapestry.
Musically, the quintet have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. The result is their most atmospheric and immersive work yet, with vast sonic landscapes that mirror the fenland geography they're documenting.
Featuring Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums).
“They replace folk music’s wispy nostalgia with something much more primal… superb stuff”
“Fen Creatures is less motorik, less kosmische, there are darker tropes now afoot…”
Doors 7pm / Music 8pm / Tickets £12 / £8 for members
All seating/tables are first-come, first-served.