GC Holmes Live @ Lions Den

GC Holmes returns to the live arena with a solo headline show at Lions Den Manchester.

Including support from special guests Myoto & Clive

GC Holmes began performing at open mics around Manchester in 2009 with a raw combination of primitive acoustic guitar and screamed poetry. He then formed his first band ‘The Genitals’ who played a handful of gigs in 2011. The Genitals disbanded and Holmes continued solo, releasing an EP of 5 original songs entitled ‘Scarshark’ in 2014. After Scarshark Holmes began work on his debut full length album ‘Ultralove’. Ultralove was recorded mostly live with his band at the influential EVE Studios, and was finally released in 2019. Ultralove was endorsed by Manchester institution Piccadilly Records who agreed to stock the album in CD format and reviewed the album favourably, with the words: “Woozy, reverbed majesty”, “Shimmering, wide-ranging cinematic impact”, & finally, simply: “Lovely stuff all round”. Ultralove was variously compared to Bowie, Richard Hawley, Lift To Experience & The War on Drugs.

After the release of Ultralove Holmes headed back into the studio in early 2020 to start work on his second album entitled "Hearing" which is now complete and to be released in 2025. The sound of "Hearing" is the natural departure of an artist seeking new methods to produce work, a deeper and more meditative sound, a spiritual reflection of Holmes’ burgeoning interest in yoga & meditation. Rumours of 15 minute tracks with 50 layers of piano have neither been confirmed or denied by the Holmes camp. GC Holmes lives and waits tables in the centre of Manchester, England.

Myoto - Manchester based punchy, melodic indie rock band.

Clive - Noise rock with a cutting and energetic sound.

£8 Advance, £10 on the door.