StrangeForms Festival 2027
Bad Owl Presents…
Two days of math-rock, post-rock, post-metal, post-hardcore and experimental music.
Sixteen bands, no clashes.
Featuring…
SHELF LIVES: Electro-punk from London.
https://shelflives.bandcamp.com/album/hypernormal
ALPHA MALE TEA PARTY: Math / Prog from Liverpool.
https://alphamaleteaparty.bandcamp.com/album/reptilian-brain
SLAG: Math / Indie from Brighton.
https://slag-band.bandcamp.com/album/losing
POLY-MATH: Prog from Brighton.
https://wearepolymath.bandcamp.com/…/something-deeply…
SANS FROID: Art-rock from Bristol.
https://sansfroid.bandcamp.com/album/back-into-the-womb
FALL OF MESSIAH: Post-Rock / Post-Hardcore from Saint Jans Cappel, France.
https://fallofmessiah.bandcamp.com/album/green-lands
BENEATH A STEEL SKY: Post-Metal from Glasgow.
https://beneathasteelsky1.bandcamp.com/album/cleave
RED SUN ALERT: Grunge / Math-Rock from Cork, Ireland.
https://redsunalert.bandcamp.com/album/assume-power-2
PICK THE FLOWERS: Electro-pop from Leeds.
https://picktheflowers.bandcamp.com/track/bored
BELUGA: Prog-Rock / Math-Rock from Leeds.
https://belugaleeds.bandcamp.com/…/painting-with-three…
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