Little Fields at the Harley, Monday 2nd February 2009. Really, really good! Memorable songs included the obvious Costa Nova Loves You and It Starts At Sea.
Catchy guitar riffs, up tempo beats, purring delicate bass, climatic backing vocals in Costa Nova which make for a brilliant track to hear live.
It Starts At Sea, includes the same, but with the noticable prominance of sympths and guitar looping, that mommentary transport you to an Ibiza nightclub (in good way)and a hands in the air, were going to explode moment.
One other song with a lyric about hot and cold which I also remember as being a great track.
Thursday Night Fuzz Club The Brakes
No way that I was going to miss this. Eamon , once of British Sea Power fame, dressed in a golden (lights) American spacesuit, leading his band thorough the labyrinth of boozy university gigs. The set itself was fantastic, the range of styles, whakiness, lengths, and lyrics; enough to convert even the most pompous bellends, who initially exchanged glances of indignation, looking for a shared consensus. Fortunatley these people are easily swayed and with the mention of a porcupine and pineapple they had been turned. I'd like to say it was also because the Brakes had a strong setlist (as you might expect from a band about to release their third album) but I fear this was not the case. Comma, comma, fullstop 'a lesson in punctuation' as Eamon described and the Chainy protest song also helped to endear, in their comical, if slightly gimmicky way. Having said that the Chaining protest song that furiously chants 'Chainy' for fourteen seconds before ending with 'goodbye' is a very effective in passionately conveying the message intended. Overall a great gig, which ticked all the boxes of this part-time fan.
Dead Mans Shoes quote:
Your fucking there mate, so get in that car and fuck off.