Independent Venue Week was created in 2013 with the first event in 2014 and is the one week all of the independently spirited venues come together with artists, tastemakers, promoters and media to celebrate the art of live music.
Some of the most relevant, important and historic venues host 7 nights of special live events. Artists, promoters, labels and media will work with each venue to curate, play and promote live music from some of the most exciting new talent in the country.
Inspired by the historic musical movements that were formed in these spaces IVW celebrates the past, current and future soundscapes.
One such event involves Indoor Pets who are Jamie Glass, Ollie Nunn, James Simpson and Rob Simpson. They will will be making an appearance at The Factory Live on Friday 31st January 2020. The venue is located at 9a Ivy Arch Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BX.
Indoor Pets, who performed at this year’s Great Escape new music festival in Brighton, formed in Sittingbourne, Kent, and it wasn’t long before their effortless songs were attracting attention, with one of them making ‘Record Of The Week’ on BBC Introducing and within two weeks Huw Stephens had picked up on the track.
For the next few years Indoor Pets wrote and gigged incessantly, building up a batch of killer tunes and a devoted fan base across the country. They did, and still do, everything themselves. From making the artwork to organising their own tours on the road, producing music, building their own stage monitoring system and even running their own finances (Simpson: “if anyone wants to spend any money they have to ask me,”). It’s a fiercely DIY ethic born less from punk principle as it was from necessity. “It was either do it yourself or don’t have it done,” notes Glass, “and we decided to do it ourselves.”
Signing to Wichita Recordings, the band set about recording their debut album, ‘Be Content’ which was released in 2019, a record seemingly full of a bottomless pool of great tunes – order your copy HERE. Familiar feelings of not fitting in or wanting to play the hand life’s dealt you are delivered with self-deprecating wit and Glass’ trademark use of double-bluffing word play. Think Rivers Cuomo and a pre-sandpit Brian Wilson bunking off school to play records and snigger at the cool kids. They’re smart, life-affirming and all contained within a thumping primary-coloured pop wallop.
Tickets for the Indoor Pets concert will very shortly be available on See Tickets website.
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