Sword II
the hope & ruin
tue 8 sep · 8.00pm
£13.50
Shallowater + Twine
fri
11
sep
Joy Presents: Shallowater Born where the dust bowl never died, the West-Texas raised trio that is Shallowater – Blake Skipper (guitar/vocals), Tristan Kelly (bass) and Ryan Faulkenberry (drums) – combine slowcore, post-hardcore, country, and Americana elements that defy genre labels. Quickly establishing themselves as ones to watch in the alt-country/slowcore scene, the power trio’s self-described “raw West Texas dirtgaze” has positioned the band as an evocative and distinctive force amongst current alternative genre-blending projects. + Twine 18+
about the band
Shallowater
slowcorealt-countrypost-rockemohouston, texas
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Their 2025 album god's gonna give you a million dollars was named album of the week by stereogum. The songs move slowly and leave a lot of air, whispered vocals over guitars that sag and stretch, a sound the band calls west texas dirtgaze. Formed in lubbock in 2021, they now work out of houston and release records themselves.
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