Tag: Ist Ist

Ist Ist live in Manchester on March 31st, 2023 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)

Ist Ist were in Manchester to launch their new album ‘Protagonists’.

After the hometown show at the O2 Ritz last Friday night, Ist Ist will play record store gigs in Leeds and Kingston later this week before…

Mancunians Ist Ist have been together for the best part of a decade, but have been upping their profile recently with an album each this year and last. The pandemic slightly knocked the wind out of their sails, but this Friday night show (December 3rd) has a real ‘making hay…

Our editor’s pick of the albums reviewed on these pages during the past seven days is Ist Ist‘s debut Architecture – revisit the 8/10 review and check out the album via Spotify: Related news: Live4ever Premiere: Stephen EvEns – A Song For Europe…

Spoiler alert: this record is unlikely to lift your mood. If you listen to music as an act of escapism (we all do), but also for its capacity to feel swathes of joy rather than recognition or melancholy, Ist Ist are not the band for you right now. The Mancunians…