‘Triptych’ is an annual series of three music events and three EP record releases brought to you by Brighton’s finger on the pulse label and promoters ‘Love Thy Neighbour’.
‘Triptych IX’ is to be held at The Hope & Ruin on Queens Road in Brighton on Thursday 10th, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th December.
Over the past eight Triptychs, Love Thy Neighbour have carefully selected a trio of its favourite artists and bands who all performed showcase sets on the night in question to eager Brighton music lovers who gathered on the first floor of the venue. The artists have always greatly varied in style, but have one thing in common, namely, they are all on the way up!
To accompany the event, each night has a vinyl record release featuring a chosen song from each of the acts performing on that evening. These vinyl releases will immediately become seriously collectible as they have been limited to a mere 15 copies available for purchase each night! Yes, that’s correct, just 15. So across the three nights there are only a total of 45 pieces of sweet vinyl, so collectors take note! Triptych 2026 is no exception and this year’s artists are all featured on three very limited-edition track 7” vinyl offerings.
The nine ‘Triptych IX’ acts are:
Night 1: Thursday 10th December – Ceann Capaill | Maximilian | Sairie
Night 2: Friday 11th December – My Precious Bunny | Al Cologne | Kitty Fitz
Night 3: Saturday 12th December – Magda | Divorce Attorney | M.Woodroe
Let’s find out more…..
Thursday 10th December lineup:
Ceann Capaill is a shape-shifting music project led by Irish multi-instrumentalist Declan Haughian. Rooted musically in the rural landscape of Ireland where Haughian grew up, Ceann Capaill’s sound moves fluidly between rough phone-recorded field sounds to expansive large-room sessions, using old Irish archival tapes and ecstatic post rock to string together a sound which is ancient but unsettlingly modern.
Maximilian: A simple melody to ease a worried mind. Adrianne Lenker’s sweet lightness meets Elliott Smith’s dark intensities. Alex G’s child-like sensibility meets Neil Young’s inner presence. The result is carefully crafted songs with immaculate arrangements and earnest lyricism, like the product of some benevolent, arcane ritual.
Sairie: Ghosts, fairies and tragic love brought to you by the Brighton three piece of Emma Morton, Jon Griffin and Andy Thomas. Their music is like a séance; an enchanted visit to the inside of a hollow hill. Sairie’s new album, ‘Beneath The Spreading Tree’, continues their exploration of early 70’s folk influences, blending otherworldly atmospherics with stripped-back arrangements. It follows on from the success of two 7″ singles on the Fenny Compton and Gardener’s Delight labels, and two self-released EPs distributed by Hudson Records. Their music has already received high praise from The Wire, The Guardian, and Shindig! Magazine.
Friday 11th December lineup:
My Precious Bunny is the solo project of Lily Wolter- songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and one-half of the beloved Brighton duo, Penelope Isles. In celebration of her debut album, ‘A Moment In My Eyes’, released this May on Bella Union, Wolter steps out on her own (with 6 close friends by her side), crafting music that feels like deep nostalgia. Bursts of saxophone, clarinet, warm analog synths and restless guitars collide with raw, communal choral power. With some of Brighton’s best players in the mix, MPB is gaining momentum fast.
Al Cologne: “If the world could be conquered with softly-textured bewitching indie-folk-pop, Al Cologne would be a shoo-in for dominion. Intimate majesty that quietly demands to be heard” – End of the Road Festival. London-based artist Al Cologne’s sound is charged with an electric, queer tenderness, gently fizzing with emotion that has condensed over years of diaristic, kitchen-sink songwriting. Yearning, intimacy, and sexual discovery are bottled in songs shaped by mood rather than fixed arrangement. Their debut EP ‘Milk Teeth’ arrived in March via Joy of Life International, produced by Benjamin Woods (The Golden Dregs), drifts in the orbit of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Big Thief, and Faye Webster. These are songs about identity, control, and transformation; about trying to inhabit your own body, and then trying again the day following.
Kitty Fitz is the brainchild of bassist and producer/engineer Kitty Drummond, an alt-pop artist hailing from South East London. Her music is a reflection of her life-long experiences with dissociative episodes, resulting in dreamlike, fully-formed compositions. Kitty’s work intertwined tales of being an antagonist, emotional vulnerability, and clever double entendres with cinematic synth-pop melodies and shoegazey guitar landscapes.
Saturday 12th December lineup:
Magda: Uncompromising, raw and chaotic, Emerging from Brighton in 2024, Magda fuses off kilter post punk with alt-rock and noise into a sound that defies easy categorisation. Known for their erratic and powerful live performances, Magda have earned themselves a cult following.
Divorce Attorney is a South UK based Art Punk group with influences of shoegaze, noise rock and post hardcore. Known for eccentric live sets with unique instruments such as Keytar and Tuba, they have paved a strong name for themselves in both the Brighton and London circuits, with many shows at venues such as Green Door Store, The Windmill and The George Tavern.
M.Woodroe is a moody alternative band who has quickly shot out of the local DIY scene in Brighton to gain a reputation as one of the city’s exciting emerging acts. Led by intricate political and provocative lyrics and followed by a bed of raw angular guitar noise, the 4-piece’s image, lyrics and sound are boundary-pushing contemplations of gender, sexuality and desire that are difficult to pin down to genre archetypes. Recently signed to Venn Records, played by Dan Carter on BBC Radio 1, and gigged alongside mclusky and Prostitute, the quartet is developing their notoriety as an intense, refreshing, and powerful newcomer.
Tickets for the three days can be found HERE.
