Berlin trio Painting plays The New Adelphi Club with support from 360° Dog and Fragile.
Painting play The New Adelphi Club on Monday 26 October, with 360° Dog and Fragile on the bill. Painting are a Berlin-based trio, and if you've not come across them yet, they're a bit of a puzzle to pin down. They describe their sound as sitting somewhere between avant pop, synth kraut and prog punk, built on techno beats, psychedelic free-jazz interludes and art-pop grounded in lively call-and-response vocals. It's a lot to take in, but it gives you a fair idea of the ground they cover in a single set.
Theresa Stroetges (vocals, bass, guitar, synthesiser), Christian Hohenbild (vocals, drums, electronics) and Sophia Trollmann (vocals, saxophone, synthesiser) all share the singing and swap instruments frequently, drawing on experimental rock, electronic avant-garde, leftfield pop and jazz. That instrument-swapping is a good way to get a sense of how they work: they don't just stick to one role each, so the sound shifts as they move around the stage.
Their debut album, Painting Is Dead (Antime, 2022), looks at subjugation and the pressures on women and queer bodies in a patriarchal society, and they collaborated with artist Paula Reissig to create walk-through 3D games for each song. Their second, Snapshot of Pure Attention (2025, Lost Map and Sinnbus), picked up praise from Rolling Stone, Musikexpress and Iggy Pop, and journalist Jens Balzer called its Berlin release show at Berghain Kantine 'gig of the year'.
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It's a Monday night, so it's a bit of a mid-week one. The show starts at 20:00 at The New Adelphi Club, 89 De Grey Street, Hull, HU5 2RU, and tickets are £8.
