Divided Compass Indie Pop/Rick band from South London

The Old Dispensary, Camberwell (London) - One of South London’s finest grassroots venues for up and coming talent from Folk/SingerSongwriter to Punk/Heavy Rock. We’ve been lucky to have a few gigs here and have interacted with the best audience we could ever offer asked for!

Festivals! To play out in the open is an experience for any musician / band. It allows you to spread your talent / message across a wider space and not restricted to just 4 walls. As much as playing inside im one of the finest venues like Scala, Brixton Academy and that are a dream… outdoor festivals are the biggest of them all!

As mentioned, the project started as a small remote producing thing between myself and co-producer (and best friend Louis). We had/have a whole folder of lyrics and weird ideas that we’d just shove in. “Give Me Your Remedy” is one of the first to ever be put out to the world. The project then in 2021 unexpectedly turned into a band when an old friend/ex drummer of the band’s mum signed us up to a festival in Colchester and so had to rush to create a band. It was never my intention at that time to start a band at all, but well it’s hear now and since (under a few line ups) we’ve experienced many a venue, sound engineer and promoter. We’ve managed to condense the contacts to quite a few gooden who will hopefully help us become who we truely need to be.

Bastille has always been a key influence to the band from production to topics covered lyrically. Specifically for me as the lead (Hosh) and Louis who are the original founders of this project. But you’ll also find theres trinkets of different influences from the varying styles in the songs. The guitarists Reuben and Jude are into Garage, Funk, Soul and R&B, same with our Drummer Wilfred (Freddie). Our bassist is pretty open to style, but I’d say his quite on the rocky style.
MJ actually influenced myself as a vocalist from the age of 9, so theres that too!

As of current the most comfortable set is a 2x 45 minute set starting from 9pm. Set up and line check starting from 7:30pm (depending on the day everyone tends to finish around 7/7:30pm)
The current line up is also relatively new so rebuilding the catalog.

Of course! Within reason obviously depending on the weather.

For gigs like festivals or pub/bar events, we have a set repertoire. We are an originals band up and foremost. However, for stuff like parties we are happy to take a request within advance and these can be worked into the set to the best of our abilities (please note we are an indie pop / rock band so no we won’t be doing death metal)

Previous collaborations from promoters to pub/bar owners have described us as energetic and well engaged with the audience. We try our best to make the atmosphere as positive as possible!