The Underground Stage
“Like every other track on the perfect album this track is a part of, I could write a thousand words about every word, a thousand phrases about every phrase. I could sing songs *about* these songs, write verse after verse about these verses. That I can’t even come close to doing any of it justice makes me want to weep with joy. Flawless 🥲”
“A tiny little beast of a track, barely over two minutes long, but filled with tricksy basslines and complex rhythms. It’s all woven through with a sharp, intelligent vocal brimming with confidence, a track that lands with just the amount of power it needs, but doesn’t waste a single breath more 😮💨”
“Absolutely burning from the off, this glorious engine of shiny-but-wonky pop hums at full power, its parts all glowing red and making a wonderful bloody racket. Highly strung but finely tuned ⚙️”
“Like a bear trap, Lady Lazarus wait in the shadows until the unwary step on them – at which point they bite off a leg. ‘Blondes’ is – remarkably – not even the most aggressive song on the raucous, blistering EP that shares its name, a collection of hammering, screaming fury 😡”
“Rambunctious and rumbly, Favoured State unleash jerky mayhem from the off, limbs flailing madly and sweat flying through the air. Designed to raise the heart rate to dangerous levels, and to leave you exhausted in all the best ways 🥵”
“Great Job! are on sparkling form tonight, like a disco ball under twinkling stars. They called this gig a ‘Season Finale’ – leading to some minor heart attacks about possible cancellation – but thankfully, it’ll just be a month or two before this classic show restarts with a new album, new songs, and sets as […]
“The Toothpicks grow new teeth & muscle each time I see them. Already wildly musical and theatrical, the thing’s grown a bit more angry too – a slightly jagged edge that cuts less cleanly but causes more damage. It still stomps and dances and soars but it also roars just that bit more, a bit […]
“A broken-down car may have delayed the start of Eeyore’s second show but there’s nothing but accelerator here, the screeching of tyres taking corners on two wheels. Deliciously manic, it’s the best bits of all of the most fun guitars from the last thirty years all crammed into one bottle of soda, shaken furiously, and […]
“Friends Of Friends drop euphoria delivered with varying tempo – plus it seems to be made of some sort of superconducting material that transmits precisely the amount of pleasure they’re taking from playing it direct into our heads. It doesn’t matter if the tone of any given song is dark or off its leash or […]