Tenebrous Liar at the CET Building

Our penultimate show of the year was possibly the best example of what CLR set out to achieve  with our live promotions... putting bands into unusual locations that make for what we hope are gigs that are a bit different, and hopefully a bit more thought-provoking than your average.

Steve Gullick of Tenebrous Liar. Photo by Antony Weir

Please  allow us to indulge ourselves for just a little bit longer... a lot of energy is expended complaining about the lack of music venues generally, and specifically here in Coventry, but shows like this prove that there's much more to life than waiting for slots at established venues.

The Dining Room, CET Building (before)

Our venue for this one was the CET Building, the former offices of the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Purpose built in the 1950s, and added to at various points until the staff moved out about 5 years ago, its a sprawling place that includes the wood-panelled board rooms which we took over for this show, a huge echoing industrial print works and load in between. It is currently being run by volunteers and is hosting various art installations. It is well worth a visit, and more information is available here.

The Dining Room, CET Building (after), Photo by Antony Weir

Tenebrous Liar used the gig as the hometown launch of their album "The Cut", and we exhibited Steve Gullicks photos from the album artwork on the night. The band performed through a thick wall of smoke and covered every inch of the room with projections, and this was our favourite Tenebrous show of all time. (Though, of course, we must admit to being biased).

Black Helium. Photo By Curtis Gullick

We were also very pleased to bring Black Helium to the city. Seeing (and feeling) such grinding, primitive rock in such a gentile setting was something pretty special. We'd been getting progressively more excited about their show with us since Steve Gullick played us "Primitive Fuck"  a couple of months ago and were not disappointed when it was duly dispatched as a set closer.

Jaz Rai of Fütumche! Picture by Antony Weir

Our boys Fütumche opened the show, and played us some songs that we hadn't heard before... we keep hearing rumours that their album is finished.. when we know more, you'll know more.