Sonic Boom Six
Zen Baseballbat
Thursday 23rd May, 7.30pm
Tickets are £15 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.

*This is a standing show*

Sonic Boom Six

By taking ska, pop, grime, dubstep, punk and metal apart, then rebuilding them as a hyperactive hybrid, Sonic Boom Six demand attention” – Kerrang!

SONIC BOOM SIX is an explosive and outspoken five-piece described as “taking ska, pop, grime, dubstep, punk and metal apart, then rebuilding them as a hyperactive hybrid” (Kerrang! Magazine). With a live show infamous for “clashing activism and good times”, SB6’s legendary gigs are a party that started in Manchester, UK, transcending genres and connecting people from all walks of life. The Boom’s influences include The Specials, The Streets, Rage Against The Machine and The Fugees.

Formed in 2002 and having toured the world for the last two decades, Sonic Boom Six took the turbulent times of the lost lockdown years as a time to take a deep breath, bide their time, watch, and create. The band has emerged from the rubble of culture and politics of 2023 with RE:Generation, a new compilation of their material from the last decade plus two brand new tracks.

New song ‘Future Shock’ drops with quite literally a Boom: the band’s signature mix of heroically heavy riffs with dancefloor-ready grooves serving up their horror at the increasingly polarised war zone of social media discourse

Zen Baseballbat

Zen Baseballbat are back refreshed with a more daredevil sound with a mass of reggae dub overtones mixed with New Wave electronic pulses. You’ll notice a vocal clarity that goes well beyond that of the band’s earlier albums.

This band will take you through a whole gamut of emotions, lifting you up when you least expect it, at other times provoking anger, sadness, determination and the desire to stand up and be counted, as we enter yet another phase of vilifying the wrong enemy, while the real one who’s out of the public eye gets away scot-free.

The new material perfectly highlights the emptiness of the particularly British obsession with price, within a mindset that knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Adorable song briming with irony, presented through the lens of the unique Gleavey sense of humour. The mocking words represent what is justice to some, deliver poignant messages in tracks about a society that’s a lot more than one frame out of sync.

Sonic Boom Six
Zen Baseballbat
Thursday 23rd May, 7.30pm
Tickets are £15 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.