Cemetery Sessions Present Sister Chain & Brother John with The Cutlery draw and DJ Annie Frax The duo Sister chain & Brother Johnformed in the mid-aughties when singer and poet Sister Chain of Skin Blues and Spinster Sister met Brother John Higgins former frontman of London band Val's Basement and fly-by-night producer in a mysterious Berlin bookshop. Since that day they've performed worldwide in dungeons and churches, on boats, street corners and gambling houses as well as the usual nightclubs, festivals and concert halls. They've released several vinyl babies and a couple of flesh and blood ones into the world, and with their latest digital release Number 10 have been raising money for the RMT strike fund. Looking like Victorian gentlefolk, wielding a bass guitar and a circus drum, Sister Chain & Brother John sing tales of the wicked set and the lovelorn, of moonage daydreams and erotic nightmares, celebrating the musical stories of London club cads and tipsy country ghosts, misled heiresses, feverish painters, Vegas vagabonds and deranged dominas in a show that can best be described as parlour punk or electric music-hall. "Weird and wonderful...gloriously bizarre, perfectly minimalist" Christian Carlisle, BBC Introducing Subversive, interesting and unique. What more could you want? Gareth Owen, Electronic Beats Strange, seductive, macabre and highly dramatictheres something absolutely alluring about Sister Chain & Brother Johns peculiar world Gaffa Magazine, Denmark "They are fantastic. You have to see them live" Jennebo Radio, Sweden Sister Chain & Brother John are something else: Esther Ofarim and Klaus Nomi spring to mind, but also Bauhaus and The Sisters of Mercy, the Brecht and Kurt Weill cabaret and Lotte Lenya I am at their show now and I am melting with pleasure Michael Rorberger, the Town Mouse The Cutlery Drawercontains Joe Murphy (Sergeant Buzfuz) and Polly MacLean (Slate Islands) Joe was born into a Sheffield Irish family whose men all worked in steel factories and went to bed early while he listened to John Peel under the covers. His London-based band Sergeant Buzfuz have played three BBC 6 Music sessions and released seven albums. Joe founded and co-runs cult label Blang (Jeffrey Lewis, Thomas Truax, Meatraffle, Brix & The Extricated). Praise for Joes music includes: "That is, I do believe, what you call a pop tune" - Marc Riley, 6 Music Absolutely brilliant-Tom Robinson, 6Music "Wry storytelling, sharp tongued in the most amiable way" - Shindig Polly grew up on a small Hebridean island. She later fell southwards into London's clutches and spent many years working in a library and writing murder ballads, before finally escaping to Sheffield. Her band Slate Islands has played at the the Mosley Folk Festival, recorded a BBC 6 Music session, and contributed a track to the critically acclaimed Shirley Collins tribute album Shirley Inspired. Praise for Pollys music includes: "Wonderful" - Shirley Collins Witty and more than a little disturbing - SoundsXP 12.50 plus booking fee. This is and 18+ event ID will be checked on the door. All tickets sold online via TICKET SOURCE, no tickets on the door. Bags will be checked on entry. Tickets for this event are non-refundable. However, If for any reason the event is cancelled by SGCT, we will refund your ticket. If you have bought a ticket but are unable to attend the event, please contact [email protected] so we can try to reallocate it. This is a SGCT volunteer led event. This is a fundraising event for Sheffield General Cemetery Trust and proceeds go to fund the charitable aims of the Trust. Email [email protected] with any questions about this night. Thank you for your support. Event Details Doors Open at 8:00PM