Artist Feature Branches and Sequels

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Branches and Sequels

Based in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 

This Synthpop group is set to take their chosen genre by storm.

Their unique take on a popular genre is truly ground breaking 

Fronted by TheCfShow's very own Chloe Ferguson

Branches & Sequels is a project originally started by James Steer (Bass/synth) and Richard Fury (guitar/keys). The duo wrote and released an album in 2017 after working on new electronic music after being in Hayfu together previously. They met Chloe Ferguson (vocals) and Oli Hill (drums) in late 2018 and began writing more material. The band are influenced by a range of genres but mainly resonate in the synth/electronic pop genre. 

Both Fury and Ferguson provide the harmony and melodies and Steer and Oli construct the fundamentals of drum and basslines. 

The setlist in our music is a hybrid of feel-good, empowering, euphoric and anthemic numbers, however, there is contrast underneath the “happy” and “eccentric” synthesizers which relies on dark, deep and rather morbid lyricism. 

The band bonded over a mutual like for bands such as Bloc Party, Avec Sans, The Futureheads and CHVRCHES and dabbled in elements of all these ensembles. Fury and Ferguson write with strong use of imagery, metaphor and fairytale-esque perception and outside-the-box structures and shapes in the music. Perhaps listening to the music on its own would suggest the band promote happy-go-lucky songs but there is more than meets the ear in the lyrics! The order of setlist in this performance was constructed after some careful consideration about which songs would compliment each other effectively.