About this event
Erratic Batting Presents... pôt-pot (Felte/Blind Head)FFO: Beak, The Oh Sees, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club18th May 2026The Louisianahttps://potpot.bandcamp.com/ -- If you are artist or band wanting to support the show please get in touch! @erraticbatting -- Nick from Erratic Batting says:"Listening to their new album 'Warsaw 480km', you can tell that all those intricate arrangements and subtle details, driven by a relentless rhythm, are going to feel massive live - especially as the instruments layer over each other and build towards those full-force kosmische crescendos." -- - pôt-pot - Pôt-pot are an Irish quintet based in Lisbon, Portugal. The band infuse the propulsive rhythms of krautrock with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic vocal harmonies, and layers of rough-hewn texture. They deal in deep grooves and cooking listeners to completion. They released their debut EP Ode To A in 2023, earning it a spot on The Thin Air's "Best of 2023" list. "Ode To A succeeds not just in the artistic practice of the avant-garde, but as piece of an engaging, genuinely psychedelic experimental drone rock" - Stevie Lennox, The Thin Air. In April 2024, they released their second EP "GOING INSANE" on cult Porto based label Socorro, with a limited vinyl run via Ireland's beloved Blowtorch Records, receiving much critical acclaim. 2024-2025 has been a busy period for pôt-pot, selling out shows across Ireland, UK and Portugal with a . In mid 2025, the band signed with LA-based Felte Records, with whom they release their debut album "Warsaw 480km" in September 2025 to critical acclaim - including a shortlist for Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year (Ireland's Grammys/Mercury Prize) and being named as one of BBC 6 Music's Albums Of The Year. Evolved primarily from demos by multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist Mark Waldron-Hyden during a period of grief and personal upheaval, "Warsaw 480km" came to life through a series of live, full-band studio sessions that document an exceptional array of talents, unified in an embrace of raw catharsis that transforms deep pain into a luminous reverie. "The band build tension by cycling through instrumental moods, at times fit for scuzzy sweatboxes and at other for more altered states of consciousness." - The Wire "Lysergic sonics tempered by an assured, unified sense of purpose, the scorched audio sits just on the right side of lo-fi." - Clash -- Erratic Batting: adventurous sounds from the underground. - Other Oddball Gigs -25.02.26. Fabiano Do Nascimento @ The Jam Jar16.4.26. Yin Yin @ Bristol Beacon29.4.26. Sababa 5 @ The Jam Jar18.05.26. pôt-pot @ The Louisiana Sign up for more sonic surprises: https://linktr.ee/ErraticBatting
