Rough Trade Recommends presents: C Turtle, Blood Wizard and Miss Tiny. Rough Trade's monthly new music showcase returns with some of the best up-and-coming acts in the alternative scene. C Turtle C Turtle are one of those bands whose sound people can’t seem to pin down. Mercurial and moody, theirs is a protean kind of oozing fuzzy-jumper rock that’s as much about slickly spun lyrical poetry and unfiltered emotion as it is fractal riffs and howling feedback whines yapping at their heels. The London band's latest album, Expensive Thrills, unfurls a handsome union of existential reflection and observation that humanity is seemingly going backwards. From head to toe the record bursts with influences spanning the epochs of grunge, alternative rock and indie - from Pixies, Pavement and some of the bands that came through the iconic New Zealand label Flying Nun Records in the 80s/90s like 3Ds and The Clean - yet with an effortless modern zeal that has C Turtle standing head and shoulders with other contemporary trailblazers in bar italia and Lime Garden. Blood Wizard Blood Wizard is the moniker of Cai Burns, a singer songwriter hailing from South London by way of Nottingham. He burst into the scene with his debut album Western Spaghetti, released to a frenzy of underground acclaim. Offering a twisted interpretation of the earthy tones and introspective musings of artists like Aldous Harding and Kurt Vile, Blood Wizard carved his own unique path. Performances at End of the Road’s main stage, Pitchfork Festival and an endorsement from Wet Leg followed, as did sold out headline shows in London and further afield. Miss Tiny Miss Tiny’s universe is a captivating blend of heritage, rebellion, and a long-standing friendship between co-conspirators - producer and guitarist Dan Carey, and vocalist and drummer Benjamin Romans-Hopcraft (Childhood, Warmduscher). Reflecting on their EP, Romans-Hopcraft explained, “The name DEN7 comes from a spontaneous jam that defined the band’s sound at that time. It felt like this project had been a collection of ideas accumulating in a vault for over ten years. The EP represents our shift from a pile of fragmented ideas into something simpler, yet meaningful.” Tickets £7.50 inc. fees. Presented by Rough Trade. All ages