pencil residency

**NIGHT 2/3**

**SUPPORT FROM NICO + LINUS / DJ set from BILLIE MARTEN**

**pencil** is Kamran Khan (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dom Potts (bass), Thomas Fiquet (drums), Coco Inman (violin) and Soph Nathan (lead guitar). New bands rarely form later down the line, but as a circle of working musicians, pencil have converged to create and explore together.

Following the departure of dear friend, Cai Burns, pencil now welcomes new guitarist, Soph Nathan (Our Girl, The Big Moon). But there is continuity in this change: Cai and Soph both feature on new single ‘Wingman,’ a song about endings, beginnings and the contours of life between. Recorded with Polly Mackey (Art School Girlfriend), and mixed by Luciano Rossi (mui zyu), ‘Wingman’ signals a ceremonial passing of the torch.

**Nico&Linus** are an East London-based duo. Drawing inspiration from Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Bowie and Black Midi, their music swings between melodic pop weirdness, heavy grooves and short, chaotic bangers made purely for fun.