The Pretty Littles @ Brighton Up Bar, 5th Nov

“The Pretty Littles are the sort of band that can cover “Chop Suey” and reference Bush (“they used to be kind of a big deal”), and not only get away with it, but smash the living heckers out of it musically and make us all laugh like idiots. It’s pure good times tonight – despite knowing their onions inside and backwards, they try really hard to make it seem like they’re just messing about. The banter is meandering and daft, and the songs are raucous and bouncy, but don’t be fooled – this is as sharp an outfit as you’ll see. Despite their insistence that the songs are all the same, the set varies in intensity, pace and humour – either they’re lying deliberately, or its just their nature, but either way the effect is like injecting a mix of joy and vodka directly into a vein. It’s the Aussie larrikinisms of a Bad Dreems mixed with the heedless mayhem of The Replacements. They flail and grin and slice their way through one razor-edged riot after another and it’s bands like these that soundtrack the most bonkers Saturday nights everywhere.”

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