Station Project @ Nice'n'Sleazys

Attracting the attention of deep-pocketed record companies, Station Project's muscular, energetic rock has the ambition to fill stadiums and the impact to blow your socks off. Intense gazes, raucous movements and booming vocals from the charismatic frontman are backed by a thunderous cacophony from the tight, tense band. Foot stomping, the crowd move into headswaying bliss, alternately pummelled and soothed by the rock influenced, new-wave enhanced sound. Like The Cult, they combine evocative melodies with bone-crushing swagger, making for a captivating, breathtaking performance. With Hints of Joy Division, echoes of a glorious rock past, Station Project's unabashed, thrillingly confident music batters off the cobwebs, leaving dumbfounded spectators in their wake. [Nick Q]