Monday Night Overdrive (for original bands)

Shockpowder

Shockpowder are a three piece shoegaze band with metal influences. They are from Aylesbury and Croydon, made up of frontman Joshua Colin Scurfield, bassist Alasdair Spence and drummer Louie Watson.

"It's a dichotomy that translates gorgeously, and we’re big, big fans" - Imperfect Fifth

"The fact that this band are only on their third song release is astonishing and we cannot wait to watch this band progress further in the world of post-rock and shoegaze" -Spirit Level Magazine

The band released their debut album The Final Thoughts of Gaia in January 2019 and are currently trying to spread its sound across the UK and Europe. They are inspired by the post metal scene but are anchored with dark, pensive vocals and hazy distortion.

The band's single "Lucid" is a good example of their ghostly yet loud sound, notably well received by shoegaze and post rock audiences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtnWRM6NYxA

https://www.instagram.com/shockpowder/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4YKmXDQSHtGceyuufPakHK

Desert Clouds

Desert Clouds is a long-lasting friendship that travels through the chaos originated by those sudden streams of essence that only the universe can deliver.

Like Cosmic Dust, their sound spreads uncontrolled, sometimes unstructured, generating rough creations, essential either complex compositions…

Like a Supernova they explode, distorted, dramatically destructive, unconditionally raging…

They may suddenly turn dark like a black hole, swallowing even the furthest feeling but eventually still being source of new dimensions…

​They’re also four, they’re based in London...

They sing with Cohen “Oh Suzanne” and scream “No Recess” with Cobain, they feel like “weirdos” with Thom Yorke, they agree with Barrett about the “Astronomy Domine”...

​They want to travel at “The Speed of light” along with their new single, towards those planets where live music is still out there and not just locked in some old dusty memories.

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​Formed by David Land and Val Wallace in 2008, Desert Clouds "survived" several changes to their line up, which led them to explore many different genres throughout that time. The semi-acoustic album "The Floating Oar" along with the psychedelic stop motion video "Charred Home", marks their debut in the London underground scene, but it's when the drummer Andrea Orabona joins the band that they finally settle down and reach their full expression, producing the EP "Time Distortions" (2017) followed by The last single "Under Tons", released on the 4th of May 2018. With the bassist Julius "Little Eagle" Caesar joining at last, Desert Clouds are about to release their last work "Speed of Light" due on the 14th of September 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWuG9dmDFs&feature=emb_title