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WORDS: ENDLESS WINDOW

We’re Endless Window, a sort of non-physical, gestalt entity that exists beyond all human concepts of physiology, geography and holy mathematics that – for reasons even we struggle to fully comprehend – appears to you in the form of sporadic DIY gig promotions around Newcastle. Our next event, Festive Window, is the sixth instalment of a mostly annual (2020 being what it was) New Year’s Eve Eve party that also raises funds for a variety of worthwhile causes (previous nights having raised money for Mermaids, The Refugee Council and PAPYRUS amongst others). This year, we’re back at our home venue The Cumberland Arms on Thursday 30th December with live performances from Ponyland, Pit Pony, Badger and Emergency Librarian 2 to raise funds for Newcastle West End Foodbank. Here are a few tracks which float our boat... www.facebook.com/endlesswindow

BROADCAST - UNCHANGING WINDOW & WENDY & BONNIE - ENDLESS PATHWAY

We have been asked multiple times over the years (twice, in fact) where our name comes from. As our actual name will cause your tongue to turn to ash and salt your family lineage for centuries to come, we chose a more human-friendly nom de plume from two songs by artists we admire: Wendy & Bonnie, a short lived psychedelic folk sister act who made one cult classic album (Genesis) and Broadcast, influenced by Wendy & Bonnie amongst others but who crafted a world of electronic beauty and hazy revelation all their own. (We still miss you Trish).

THE NOISE & THE NAÏVE - WASABI

We have been blessed/deeply fluky to host early doors shows for many artists we adore – Me Lost Me, Straight Girl and Blóm amongst others – but getting to host the first and last Newcastle shows for The Noise & the Naïve, a delightful, life-affirming Francophone garage rock duo was a real honour. It was love at first listen to their demo, and we hope they find their way back to these shores for a visit some day down the road.

GRUMBLING FUR - THE BALLAD OF ROY BATTY

A band that sums up so much of what we love at Endless Window: standing in defiance of easy categorisation or strict genre delineation, pushing at sonic possibilities but with a taste for exquisite pop euphoria nonetheless. Bringing them up for a show in 2017 was at once the most financially irresponsible and incredibly rewarding thing we’ve done to date. No regrets, no refunds.

BADGER - BISCUITS FOR DINNER

Joining us for approximately the thousandth time at The Cumberland Arms on 30th December to help raise money for Newcastle West End Foodbank, we love Badger as a band and as people. Surreal spoken word rants, off-beat hip-hop beats and splatterings of punk all over – what’s not to like?

THANK - GOOD BOY

Looking to the future, we’re incredibly excited to be bringing Thank up for their first Newcastle show in February. A dizzying collage of noise rock and synth experimentation all coated in tar-black wit – think an unholy union of The Body, These New Puritans and Scooter.

GALAXIANS - CHEMICAL REACTION

Having started as more of a dual gig/club night before segueing into more standard gig promotions for reasons of practicality (although if you need someone to lunge wildly at their laptop playlist in front of other people sometime, we’re a cheap date), the possibilities of communality, surprise discovery and actually enjoying yourself are still what drive us. We’re against backwards bores, concrete stuckists and dour nothingness – the future is happening, whether you like it or not. For our part? We intend to see it through dancing.