New Roots Presents: Candidate

Gigs · London

New Roots Presents: Candidate

Thursday 21 January 2027 · Doors 19:00

Green Note, London

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New Roots Presents: Candidate is on Thursday 21 January 2027 at Green Note, London, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £16.50, including the booking fee.

Effortless tunefulness… A spark of real grandeur.’ Mojo Magazine CANDIDATE are one of those accessible cult bands who belong to the people who know. They have been compared happily by critics to The Beta Band, The Go Betweens, Julian Cope, and the sacred trio of initialised groups: CSNY, XTC and REM. Long-term fan Stewart Lee described them as one of Britain’s ‘greatest psychedelic bands’, and they have won album of the year plaudits, (Sunday Times, Rolling Stone, BBC Radio 2) without ever leaving cult status. Candidate provided the theme music for the long-running Johnny Vegas sitcom ‘Ideal’ and gained widespread acclaim for their 2003 LP ‘Nuada’, an alt-universe soundtrack for seminal folk-horror film The Wicker Man, featuring folk legend Bert Jansch of Pentangle on guitar. They were invited to attend the 50th anniversary burning ritual at the original location, playing the part of the village band for the assembled fans, witches and locals. Their latest album, Point Clear, a richly textured bit of estuary psych, got across the board rave reviews, and may be their strongest set of songs yet. ‘A superb band. One of the best in Britain.’ Stuart Maconie, BBC Ra...

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