A Great Day In Newcastle: Vinyl LP BF20 and Betamax’s newest effort finds

and Betamax’s newest effort finds the Mercury Prize-nominated trio creating a musical landscape that is equally cerebral as it is physically enthralling

A Prelude to An Unnecessary Yet Tragically Banal Oratorio

Leandro ‘Gato’ Barbeiri (tenor sax)

the recording engineer who revolutionised the sound of jazz

Three Flowers

A Great Day In Newcastle: Vinyl LP BF20 and Betamax’s newest effort findsA Great Day in Newcastle is a musical documentation of the North East working class experience. Through a storytelling approach, with the addition of new member and poet Cooper Robson, the record explores darker themes such as substance abuse, crime and toxic masculinity within a distinct Geordie jazz noir soundscape. Despite this, it retains a light, playful tone that fully embodies classic Northern optimism. With Coopers poetry combined with Stans