{"id":18336,"date":"2019-04-19T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T07:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=18336"},"modified":"2019-04-19T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T07:30:27","slug":"preview-honeyblood-feet-at-the-o2-academy-thursday-2nd-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-honeyblood-feet-at-the-o2-academy-thursday-2nd-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview &#8211; Honeyblood + FEET at The O2 Academy, Thursday 2nd May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>This gig is organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thecookieleicester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cookie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since their debut single in 2013, <strong>Honeyblood<\/strong>\u2019s combination of alternative DIY rock\/pop with charms of 90s <strong>Riot Grrrl<\/strong>, got signed up to FatCat Records, supported various acts including <strong>Palma Violets, Sleigh Bells <\/strong>and<strong> Deap Vally<\/strong> and produced two albums with the third one, In <em>Plain Sight<\/em>, being released on May 24th. Featuring both melody and hooks of <strong>Best Coast, Haim<\/strong> and the darker twist of <strong>The Breeders <\/strong>and<strong> PJ Harvey<\/strong>, Honeyblood found their unique sound somewhere in between, inspired by \u2018girls fending for themselves\u2019 (as they told The Guardian), hedonism and tarot symbols.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEET<\/strong> evolved from being a \u2018distraction for its members from their endless bowls of pasta\u2019 and \u2018a boozy side project\u2019 to one of the most interesting indie garage rock bands on the scene. Having toured Europe, countless gigs across the UK and posed as hippies in a video to their newest single, <em>English Weather<\/em>, they continue to surprise with their cross-genre voice of authenticity and a kick of totally punk life confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Honeyblood will possess Leicester with their strange fuzz rock magic and support from FEET on Thursday, 2nd May at The O2 Academy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/406661360101964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The event&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">This gig is organised by The Cookie Since their debut single in 2013, Honeyblood\u2019s combination of alternative DIY rock\/pop with charms of 90s Riot Grrrl, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-honeyblood-feet-at-the-o2-academy-thursday-2nd-may-2019\/\" title=\"Preview &#8211; Honeyblood + FEET at The O2 Academy, Thursday 2nd May 2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":18340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-214","category-gig-previews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled3.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-4LK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18678,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-honeyblood-at-the-o2-academy-thursday-2nd-may-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":18336,"position":0},"title":"Review &#8211; Honeyblood at The O2 Academy, Thursday 2nd May, 2019","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"08\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"with FEET Reviewed by Aleksandra Brzezicka. 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