The Underground Stage
“Retail Therapy are all paranoid theatre, roaring but gentle, solid but twisted, and always right up there in your face. As loud as a bomb going off – with as much glitter as shrapnel – it’s a set that merely cements them that bit further as one of very best bands to barrel into the […]
“Retail Therapy shake both hair and walls, physically mobile and shudderingly noisy. Shoegaze and goth and punk and sheer primal noise are the trampoline on which this voice bounces, like a giddy and unhinged monkey – one second a delight, the next a piercing high note to tear the wallpaper down. A band that really […]
“Retail Therapy bring the big hammers for the concrete stage tonight, heavy and raucous without losing the bright and shiny edge that makes it soar.” Gallery Listen
“Retail Therapy have it all. Giant songs, technical talent, bags and bags of fun, and – this is crucial – the ability to drop a cover of PJ Harvey’s ‘50ft Queenie’ while making it seem like they are actually *allowed* to walk on that hallowed ground. I’m trying to keep this short, but it’s hard […]
“Retail Therapy may be fresh out of the gate but that doesn’t mean they won’t stampede all over you if you get in the way. Despite having just one upload in the world – “97 Chaser”, which *kills* tonight – there’s a whole set of range and heft in place already, by turns gazey and […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.