St Andrew's Cool House
Wild Paths: Day 4 Part 3 Hipology Sounds After around an hour at the flicks, it was time to traverse cobbles and enjoy a lighter environment. Up the wooden stairs to a beer and a period of de-compression with Lloyd Jones (cables, knobs and buttons) and Simon Taylor (saxophone), in the company of a few good people amongst the solid oak beams of the pub, once notorious for wild pub-rock Friday nights, which is as far from Hipology Sounds laid back, Valencian inspired vibes as you could get. A quiet pint, enjoyed to electro tracks and improvised, bluesy sax on max reverb. Beam me up, Hip-Hoppy I'm delighted to have discovered this duo and will look out for more of their live sets in the coming gloom of winter. They have a few recordings out on the ether at the moment, with more to follow. Not much more to say about it really. Just a damned fine moment in time. Memorable. Spencer Ide 18/10/2025