Matt Embree & Vinnie Caruana

A London night pairing two American songwriters and frontmen, Matt Embree of RX Bandits and Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife, at Oslo Hackney. The bill sits in pop, rock and indie.

Matt Embree is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who fronts RX Bandits. Under the name The Walrus, Embree also performs with The Sound of Animals Fighting, and has toured with Dispatch since 2016. Other projects include Love You Moon, Pebaluna, Biceratops and Seekret Socyetee, which draw on alternative rock, progressive music, psychedelia and hip-hop. The most recent of Embree's solo records is Orion, issued through Born Losers Records.

Vinnie Caruana is a New York-based singer, songwriter and frontman who has been active in punk, emo and post-hardcore for almost three decades. Caruana sang with The Movielife and founded I Am The Avalanche, and has also worked with Nite Sports, Peace'd Out and Constant Elevation. As a solo artist, Caruana has explored a more intimate side of songwriting, including on the release Aging Frontman.

The concert takes place at Oslo Hackney, a London venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music. The evening brings together two performers whose careers span several scenes, from punk and hardcore to alternative and experimental rock.