Hot Spoke @ Oxford Art Factory, 19th Aug

“Hot Spoke are feeling all the feels. Knitted eyebrows – not to mention cheekbones you could carve a turkey with – and emotion just all over the place. Normally, this is me-repellant, but the addition of strategically-placed squalls of guitar make this a bit of a hoot. Tight and well-formed songs to make the poets swoon, and the demons flail. It’s a neat trick to pull off.”