Saturday Night in Tufnell Park
I really have to talk about Saturday's gig before it slips my mind. I mentioned before that my mate Steve had been raving about the Bromheads Jacket live experience, and after finally seeing it for myself I can confirm.....it's absolutely nuts.
Back to them in a tick though. Unfortunately I missed most of new Marquis Cha Cha signings The Oxfam Glamour Models, but the next band up were The KBC. And they were mighty impressive. You'll be hearing more of them for sure. It was also the first sign of the madness to come, with some fella nicking their megaphone every 2 minutes, and a scrap kicking off at the front for no particular reason that I could work out. (A lot of) punches were thrown, clothing was ripped... and the band (kind of) played on.
Check out some tracks on their myspace page... 'Poisonous Emblem' and 'Days of Disillusion' come HIGHLY recommended. Definitely the best band i've seen third on the bill in the back room of a pub.
The crowd had swelled considerably by the time Bromhead's took the stage, and the expectation in the air was palpable. After a bit of a false start with an untuned guitar they launched into their set of spiky punk tunes to scenes of utter delerium.
It took about half a song for the first people to get on the stage, and before long it was completely overrun. Some guy spent an entire song ambling around taking pictures with his phone... people helping themselves to backing vocal duties... and more stage diving then i've seen in my life. I seriously hadn't seen that kind of fervour ever except watching their fellow Sheffielders Arctic Monkeys.
The music? Well to be honest I was so transfixed by the other goings on that it almost seemed irrelevent. It wasn't though. It was great. 2 minute blasts of spiky punk with great tunes and sharp, funny lyrics.
I've already posted both set closer 'What If's & Maybe's and debut single 'Woolley Bridge' before, so I won't repeat myself. You can hear them both on the band's myspace page though. And you should do. Though I really liked both songs before, they've totally entered a new dimension for me now I've seen them live.
Next time they're in London I am so there.
I can't leave you without an MP3 though....
I've been looking for this second track for a while, and finally managed to track it down via this blog... it's the Bromheads Jacket version of 'When You Wasn't Famous' from the b-side of The Streets 7".
As that 'Untouched by Work or Duty' blog points out, it's more an answer record than a cover, with the lyrics entirely changed to reflect, well, not being famous, and not getting laid. Although "a girl did show my her boobs at Frog* once"
*Frog is a wanky London Indie club.
Also contains the immortal line:
"The closest i've been to pulling a celeb yet,
a dream I had when I was 12,
I shagged Alanis Morrisette"
BROMHEADS JACKET - WHEN YOU WASN'T FAMOUS
So it was a great night. A sign of which was that I left covered in blood.
Both my own (thanks to the flying elbows of this hooligan):
And the pot of fake blood liberally dispersed by proper hooligans the Oxfam Glamour Models
Speaking of them, you should really buy their single. All the sleeves are hand made & I had to buy two copies they looked so good.
Back to them in a tick though. Unfortunately I missed most of new Marquis Cha Cha signings The Oxfam Glamour Models, but the next band up were The KBC. And they were mighty impressive. You'll be hearing more of them for sure. It was also the first sign of the madness to come, with some fella nicking their megaphone every 2 minutes, and a scrap kicking off at the front for no particular reason that I could work out. (A lot of) punches were thrown, clothing was ripped... and the band (kind of) played on.
Check out some tracks on their myspace page... 'Poisonous Emblem' and 'Days of Disillusion' come HIGHLY recommended. Definitely the best band i've seen third on the bill in the back room of a pub.
The crowd had swelled considerably by the time Bromhead's took the stage, and the expectation in the air was palpable. After a bit of a false start with an untuned guitar they launched into their set of spiky punk tunes to scenes of utter delerium.
It took about half a song for the first people to get on the stage, and before long it was completely overrun. Some guy spent an entire song ambling around taking pictures with his phone... people helping themselves to backing vocal duties... and more stage diving then i've seen in my life. I seriously hadn't seen that kind of fervour ever except watching their fellow Sheffielders Arctic Monkeys.
The music? Well to be honest I was so transfixed by the other goings on that it almost seemed irrelevent. It wasn't though. It was great. 2 minute blasts of spiky punk with great tunes and sharp, funny lyrics.
I've already posted both set closer 'What If's & Maybe's and debut single 'Woolley Bridge' before, so I won't repeat myself. You can hear them both on the band's myspace page though. And you should do. Though I really liked both songs before, they've totally entered a new dimension for me now I've seen them live.
Next time they're in London I am so there.
I can't leave you without an MP3 though....
I've been looking for this second track for a while, and finally managed to track it down via this blog... it's the Bromheads Jacket version of 'When You Wasn't Famous' from the b-side of The Streets 7".
As that 'Untouched by Work or Duty' blog points out, it's more an answer record than a cover, with the lyrics entirely changed to reflect, well, not being famous, and not getting laid. Although "a girl did show my her boobs at Frog* once"
*Frog is a wanky London Indie club.
Also contains the immortal line:
"The closest i've been to pulling a celeb yet,
a dream I had when I was 12,
I shagged Alanis Morrisette"
BROMHEADS JACKET - WHEN YOU WASN'T FAMOUS
So it was a great night. A sign of which was that I left covered in blood.
Both my own (thanks to the flying elbows of this hooligan):
And the pot of fake blood liberally dispersed by proper hooligans the Oxfam Glamour Models
Speaking of them, you should really buy their single. All the sleeves are hand made & I had to buy two copies they looked so good.
posted by headphonesex @ 9:21 PM
