Triptych VIII- Lower Slaughter, Staff Party + Francis Pig

Love Thy Neighbour Presents

Triptych VIII returns to Brighton at The Hope & Ruin on Friday 17th January! Get tickets above, or from SeeTickets.

Triptych consists of three nights, each featuring three of our favourite bands and each accompanied by a lathe-cut vinyl release, one for each night, limited to 15 copies each.

Lower Slaughter: Having ploughed through the UK underground for nearly a decade, 2024 saw Sussex-by-the-sea’s Lower Slaughter unexpectedly return after an extended hiatus, with a shift in personnel, a new line-up & all-new music!

The four piece once described themselves modestly as a band “who make loud riffs” though The Quietus description of “lurching noise-rock that occasionally works the angles but is chiefly a showpiece for big fuck-off riffs that call to mind Pissed Jeans, Nirvana and Harvey Milk” may be more accurate, and still holds true now.

Since their debut album release in 2017, the band has garnered high praise from the likes of BBC Radio 1 & BBC 6Music, The Quietus, Artrocker (no.1 album of 2018), All Music, Loud & Quiet and Flush The Fashion, as well as finding fans among the likes of BBC Radio 6 presenter Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens & cult comedy legend Stewart Lee, whilst also sharing stages with such bands as Pigs x7, Melt Banana, JOHN, Ditz, No Age, Part Chimp, The Men, Hey Colossus, USA Nails, Gnod, among many others!

Staff Party: Staff Party are a Brighton based power trio, formed in early 2020. They play their own brand of finely calibrated, frenetic, and loud as hell Noise Rock.
As much inspired by underground Rock legends like Shellac, Melvins, The Jesus Lizard, At The Drive-In, and Unsane, as they are by The Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., Stone Temple Pilots, Failure, and anything else with good hooks; with a sprinkle of Hardcore and Metal for good measure. They’re quite loud.

Francis Pig: Francis Pig push the boundaries of conventional rock music, forging a path that is uniquely their own. With a sound that is both minimalistic and driving, they deliver a visceral punch at their live shows with a blend of heavy bass lines, distorted guitars and commanding vocals. Their songs are a potent blend of raw power and poetic depth, exploring themes of eroticism and existentialism with a fearless intensity.