When: 7.30pm on Friday 6 July 2018
Where: Leaf on Portland Street, 113–115 Portland St, Manchester M1 6DW

PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show now takes place at Leaf on Portland Street. All other details remain the same, and original tickets remain valid.

We’re delighted to present a solo show with Darren Hayman, performing Hefner’s Breaking God’s Heart!

Darren Hayman is a thoughtful, concise and detailed songwriter. He eschews the big, the bright and the loud for the small, twisted and lost. For 15 years, and over 14 albums, Hayman has taken a singular and erratic route through England’s tired and heartbroken underbelly.

Hayman was influenced by punk through his art college years, but throughout the ’90s he was inspired by American lo-fi indie-rock. A chance meeting with John Peel favourites New Bad Things and shows with them in London and Portland taught Darren the DIY ethic and soon he was self-releasing records by his first band, Hefner.

Hefner’s first records attracted the attention of cult indie label Too Pure and the broadcasting legend John Peel. The band’s first album, Breaking God’s Heart (1998), mixed raw, sexual words with religious imagery and earned the band a loyal, intelligent following in the UK, Europe and the USA. He’ll be performing this seminal album solo and in full on its 20th anniversary.

Local support comes from Manchester’s own Songs For Walter – aka Laurie Hulme. He lists The Magnetic Fields, Bill Callahan and Destroyer among his influences, and has been described by Tom Ravenscroft as ‘one of my favourite discoveries of recent years’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHElW4kmBsQ

PLEASE NOTE: Due to exceptional demand, this show now takes place at Leaf on Portland Street. All other details remain the same, and original tickets remain valid.

Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from Piccadilly Records, Vinyl Exchange,  WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.

Attend on: Facebook