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HESITATION

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HESITATION is a band formed by Chris Catlin (Yaaard), and Richard Greenan (Devon Loch). Meeting in London in 2016, the pair recorded their first woozy slab of improvs, using a battered organ, guitars, a saxophone and whatever else came to hand. These takes were stitched together into a self-titled, seven track LP, reminiscent of the heart-on-sleeve whistle alongs of Tenniscoats, Zappa's foggier guitar serpents or the creeping black magic of early Sebadoh. 

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In 2019, HESITATION assumed physical form again, this time at the Inter Arts Centre in Malmö, Sweden. Triple Bluff was a wild scrapbook edit of this three day long, rambling live session, during which Richard and Chris were joined by John B McKenna (synths, drums), Galina Juritz (violin, vocals) and Francis Patrick Brady (piano, vocals). Hesitantly they marshal a cacophony of clipped ambitions, whittled down scratches and smiling lamentations, which should please fans of early Kraftwerk, The Velvet Underground and Galaxie 500.

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In 2021, the band resurfaced again to offer The Last Christmas, their heartfelt avant take on the yuletide record: a brandy soaked hearth of seven traditional pieces, festooned with wayward horns, robotically assisted singing and primitive sprigs of guitar.

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