Tuesday, May 12, 2026

11.05.2026 - Pharmakon/Pale World/Public Affection - The Lubberfiend, Newcastle

 

A decent turnout for a Monday night gig in Newcastle and had been looking forward to seeing Pharmakon as she was originally scheduled to play back in November but had to cancel the Euro tour to a medical issue.

First up was Public Affection, Mark from Diall's solo noise/ambient project. Was a decent set, nice mixes of ambient then heavy noise bits and only the second gig he has played as Public Affection, look forward to see how other gigs/releases may turn out.

Pale World replaced Natural Causes who were unable to play. Really decent dark ambient, heavy noise machine! Was hard to see him play as the lights were off but set was decent and loud! Did laugh a bit as there was nice quiet bit then hit with a loud load of noise which made a few people shit themselves!

Was definitely worth the wait to see Pharmakon play, nice loud noise, maybe edging on power electronics. Jumping into the crowd and screaming and creating from what I saw some people to feel uneasy with her being in their face which was class! Think she played for over an hour, really excellent stuff!

It also reminded me that I have still to pick up her last album, Maggot Mass up! Will sort that out soon!

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