Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
31st January
The great myth of ‘no great bands come from Yorkshire except those lads what done gone did that scummy man song’ can finally be dispelled. The Long Blondes had the look but failed to write any really great songs. !Forward Russia! had the storming live shows but lacked crossover success. Sunshine Underground had the anthemic choruses but lacked the cult respect to create a fan-base.
Tonight’s bands seem to remedy every ailment that has plagued the North East, Pulled Apart by Horses seem to improve with every show, enduring themselves with a charismatic and chaotic mix of enormous choruses and pompous-rock bluster, climbing both speakers and audience members on a power-chord fuelled bender, peaking with a stonking rendition of ‘I Punched A Lion In The Thr
oat’ in all its RSPCA baiting genius. They certainly have an impressive array of tunes at their disposal, from the slackeriffic ‘Meat Balloon’ to the pneumatic rocker ‘The Crapsons’ which could well be a lost Nirvana b-side from 1992.Sky Larkin are an entirely different beast, more likely soaring on penny sweets than cider with a sugary set of pop classics in waiting, channelling the talents of ‘The Vaselines’ and ‘Public Image’ into one compact package. Tonight’s show serves as a homecoming after a UK Tour, evident from the camaraderie shown between overwhelmed front-woman Katie Harkin and the packed crowd. As encore ‘Keep Sakes’ slithers through its casio-led Breeders esque charms, both Pulled Apart By Horses and several ecstatic audience members join them for a rapturous climax. If there is any justice in the world, 2009 could well sway from the year of female identikit electro-pop to the year of full blown fun-grunge!
Pulled Apart By Horses - High Five. Swan Dive. Nose Dive.
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Sky Larkin On iTunes
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