MPTL Microplastics

A London concert at The Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury, headlined by MPTL Microplastics, with support from the Brussels collective ladr ache and the act Daltons Fen.

MPTL Microplastics are an eight-piece industrial folk collective based in London, writing original songs and playing live sets described as anarchic. On stage, their line-up includes twin percussionists, alongside mandola, strings, synths and heavy feedback. The group will perform music from their debut LP, Sod in Heaven, and from projects still to come.

The Brussels six-piece ladr ache combine polyphonic singing with hypnotic rhythms and punk energy, setting pounding drums against droning textures, mechanical pulses, amplified objects and repeated chanting. Daltons Fen describe their music as gout, and one writer at The Quietus has likened them to a northern club take on the American band Ween.

The Horse Hospital is a venue at 30 Colonnade in Bloomsbury that mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music. The bill brings together three acts with contrasting approaches to song and sound, from London's MPTL Microplastics to the Brussels group and Daltons Fen.