As I make my way to the venue I am firstly introduced to the band by witnessing all of them smoking outside the bar, all displaying a Rocket to Russia nonchalant pose before making the stage their home for less than 45 minutes.
For those who have not heard of the band, they supported TOY, who in turn supported The Horrors.
Their sound exhales with influences from the 70s New York, that post-punk revival kind of vibe.
The venue is well chosen for the band and their sound as the small walk through the spiral staircase to get to the stage feels like going back in time and the small crowd gathered the obscurity that reigns in that basement-like stage accentuated this precious vintage feeling.
The riffs helped by the keyboard expose a band deeply rooted into the suburban psychedelic imaginarium, while the main guitarist remains stoic during the whole performance, the keyboard player involves his instrument by rocking his golden locks back and forth, releasing via his own body movements the enthusiasm of a band at the start of their careers.
Real and raw, their tracks are sizzle on stage, to the luck of the few that decided to show up, ‘I Watch You’ and ‘The Central Ton’ lay bare this carefree attitude about their own music, which mostly relies on simplicity and a glamorous way of executing it.
The performance helps them support their debut album Clarietta, which becomes louder than expected while being played live.
The boys are talented musicians and without making that big of an entrance in the music industry, they will hopefully manage to convey that “electricity in our homes” with some perky and more personal tracks in the near future.
Words: Jeremy Veyret
