Ripe

Ripe is an electronic act whose members trace their beginnings to a basement below a sandwich shop, and whose latest album is Play The Game. This evening at Headrow House brings the band to Leeds.

The band's own account starts in a basement beneath a sandwich shop, where their first songs took shape in a small concrete room. Their first tickets were sold by hand outside a coffee shop where friends worked. They describe the group as built on collaboration, with a friendship that has grown into something close to family.

Their latest album, Play The Game, was recorded in studios with a producer whose records the members loved in their formative years, alongside the musicians closest to them. The band place it among earlier releases Joy In The Wild Unknown and Bright Blues, the latter a period in which they describe being broken down and rebuilding their approach. The album is presented as a reflection on nostalgia and change.

Headrow House is a concert and performance venue at Bramleys Yard on The Headrow in Leeds. The evening will appeal to listeners who follow electronic music and want to hear a band whose recent work is built around shared creative effort.