Pete Fij(alkowski) was the singer, guitarist in Adorable (Against Perfection 1993 / Fake 1994) on the legendary Creation Records label, who topped the indie charts with their post-shoegaze / pre-britpop
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Pete Fij(alkowski) was the singer, guitarist in Adorable (Against Perfection 1993 / Fake 1994) on the legendary Creation Records label, who topped the indie charts with their post-shoegaze / pre-britpop singles such as Homeboy & Sunshine Smile, before he joined up with his brother Krzys to form One Little Indian band Polak (Swansongs 2000 / Rubbernecking 2002) which took in influences from the likes of Beck, Radiohead & dEUS. Fij went into musical exile having what he now describes as ‘a musical breakdown’ before re-emerging to widespread critical acclaim with two albums recorded together with the celebrated House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers (Pete Fij & Terry Bickers : Broken Heart Surgery 2014 / We Are Millionaires 2017).
With a voice compared to Lee Hazlewood, Lou Reed & Richard Hawley, Fij has also built up a reputation as an intelligent and talented songwriter (“the best lyricist since Jarvis Cocker last put pen to paper” The Independent), and a meandering life lived pursuing dreams on the fringes of the music business has given him “the requisite experience to fill his work with a resigned charm, and also, more importantly, the ability to attach that feeling to songs of forlorn lusciousness” The Arts Desk.
To celebrate being on this earth for 50 years, Pete Fij is embarking on a series of UK & European dates in the spring of 2019 where he will play songs from his back catalogue interwoven from some of the stories behind them as well as tales from his life. This will be a unique opportunity to get up close and very personal as Pete opens his heart through stories and song.
A new solo single ‘Sci-fi Siren’ will be released to coincide with these dates.
Performance starts at 8.30pm, with a DJ set after the show
Reviews for ‘Broken Heart Surgery’ 2017
“These unfailingly lovely late night reflections stalk the same territory as the third Velvet Underground album, Richard Hawley, The Lilac Time, and ballad mode Jesus & Mary Chain” Uncut
“Lush melodies and driven by Pete Fij’s worn yet honeyed voice, both mask and enhance the ennui” Classic Rock
“Minor key, acoustic introspection (Hawley, Lloyd Cole-ish) done so beautifully it’s as if they’re singing to one another in the dustlight of a pub back room; strumming, crooning, nursing collective memories” Mojo
“Deceptively simple, direct, beautifully constructed and timeless odes to love and dreams, lost and still bubbling and refined it with an English approach to song writing that takes the influences of Roy Orbison, Scott Walker’s less cheesy 60s output and Richard Hawley” Americana UK
“A sweetly gloomy affair with Fijalkowski’s languorous tales of fatalist romance and lives slowly going nowhere” Q
“Stunning” OHM
Event is sold out.
Club location: https://goo.gl/maps/zNs46ZPCLQv
April, 2019
sat06apr19:3023:5919:30 - 23:59 Pete Fij (Solo Show 1) - Sold out
Event Details
Pete Fij(alkowski) was the singer, guitarist in Adorable (Against Perfection 1993 / Fake 1994) on the legendary Creation Records label, who topped the indie charts with their post-shoegaze / pre-britpop singles such as Homeboy & Sunshine Smile, before he joined up with his brother Krzys to form One Little Indian band Polak (Swansongs 2000 / Rubbernecking 2002) which took in influences from the likes of Beck, Radiohead & dEUS. Fij went into musical exile having what he now describes as ‘a musical breakdown’ before re-emerging to widespread critical acclaim with two albums recorded together with the celebrated House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers (Pete Fij & Terry Bickers : Broken Heart Surgery 2014 / We Are Millionaires 2017).
With a voice compared to Lee Hazlewood, Lou Reed & Richard Hawley, Fij has also built up a reputation as an intelligent and talented songwriter (“the best lyricist since Jarvis Cocker last put pen to paper” The Independent), and a meandering life lived pursuing dreams on the fringes of the music business has given him “the requisite experience to fill his work with a resigned charm, and also, more importantly, the ability to attach that feeling to songs of forlorn lusciousness” The Arts Desk.
To celebrate being on this earth for 50 years, Pete Fij is embarking on a series of UK & European dates in the spring of 2019 where he will play songs from his back catalogue interwoven from some of the stories behind them as well as tales from his life. This will be a unique opportunity to get up close and very personal as Pete opens his heart through stories and song.
A new solo single ‘Sci-fi Siren’ will be released to coincide with these dates.
Performance starts at 8.30pm, with a DJ set after the show
Reviews for ‘Broken Heart Surgery’ 2017
“These unfailingly lovely late night reflections stalk the same territory as the third Velvet Underground album, Richard Hawley, The Lilac Time, and ballad mode Jesus & Mary Chain” Uncut
“Lush melodies and driven by Pete Fij’s worn yet honeyed voice, both mask and enhance the ennui” Classic Rock
“Minor key, acoustic introspection (Hawley, Lloyd Cole-ish) done so beautifully it’s as if they’re singing to one another in the dustlight of a pub back room; strumming, crooning, nursing collective memories” Mojo
“Deceptively simple, direct, beautifully constructed and timeless odes to love and dreams, lost and still bubbling and refined it with an English approach to song writing that takes the influences of Roy Orbison, Scott Walker’s less cheesy 60s output and Richard Hawley” Americana UK
“A sweetly gloomy affair with Fijalkowski’s languorous tales of fatalist romance and lives slowly going nowhere” Q
“Stunning” OHM
Event is sold out.
Club location: https://goo.gl/maps/zNs46ZPCLQv
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