Chartreuse — live event
For Chartreuse, the rural Icelandic studio Flóki served as a refuge in a myriad of ways. Set in a secluded location on the northern tip of the island, a five-hour drive from Reykjavík, the Black Country band’s two-week stay here in the summer of 2024 was one of escape, connection and understanding. They returned home with a special, urgent and necessary new album, Bless You & Be Well. The band’s debut album, 2023’s Morning Ritual, introduced a group that swerved the traditional tropes of indie-rock bands, instead using their instruments and innovative production techniques in unusual and thrilling ways. “We’ve always almost been anti-band,” the group’s guitarist and singer Mike Wagstaff says. “Whenever we hear something that sounds familiar, we try to fuck it up in some way. ‘It can’t sound like that, it sounds too real!’” The four-piece are intimately interconnected – brothers Mike (guitar, vocals) and Rory Wagstaff (drums) are joined by Rory’s long-term partner Hattie Wilson (piano,
Starts: 2025-11-08T18:30:00Z
Ends: 2025-11-08T20:30:00Z
Where: 15 Market Passage, England CB2 3PF, United Kingdom
Price: $15.56