T-Break Heat 1 @ The Liquid Room
Found's imagination should provide Tennents with its first shoe-in for their to-be-filled festival stage
| 15 Jun 2006
Tonight, Project: Venhell (4/5) looked so unassuming as they gathered on stage, but swiftly destroyed such preconceptions with a thrillingly manic performance. Over jarring guitar flames and rocketing drums, the singer staggered, spluttered and screeched incomprehensibles to an engrossed, if small, audience.
The audience grew in size but were comparitively underwhelmed by Cartelle (2/5), who followed with much more radio-friendly fare. The barefoot female vocalist showed admirable passion, all exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures, but could not translate such enthusiasm to an unimpressed crowd.
Former Fife 'art collective' Found (4/5) followed, assisted by an ensemble of laptops and button boxes with suck/blow inputs, which immediately pointed to an imagination rarely seen in amateur bands. Their set was similarly inventive and the songs well-constructed, the Beta Band-esque sound provoking a genuinely warm response from an admiring audience. Such imagination should provide Tennents with its first shoe-in for their to-be-filled festival stage.
The next band were local favourites Amplifico (3/5), who're reminiscent of The Delgados in their juxtaposing of gentle piano & female vocals with heavier guitar riffing. She sings with a smile, which is hard to dislike, and there's a sense of fun which compensates to a degree for the MOR leanings.
Finally, Magdelene Green (2/5) bound on stage and perform a confident and competent set, but one which is just too straight to be of any real interest. Their Americana-tinged rock was a big favourite with their fans down the front, whilst the rest of us remembered that Bon Jovi were once young and good-looking too. [Ally Brown]
The audience grew in size but were comparitively underwhelmed by Cartelle (2/5), who followed with much more radio-friendly fare. The barefoot female vocalist showed admirable passion, all exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures, but could not translate such enthusiasm to an unimpressed crowd.
Former Fife 'art collective' Found (4/5) followed, assisted by an ensemble of laptops and button boxes with suck/blow inputs, which immediately pointed to an imagination rarely seen in amateur bands. Their set was similarly inventive and the songs well-constructed, the Beta Band-esque sound provoking a genuinely warm response from an admiring audience. Such imagination should provide Tennents with its first shoe-in for their to-be-filled festival stage.
The next band were local favourites Amplifico (3/5), who're reminiscent of The Delgados in their juxtaposing of gentle piano & female vocals with heavier guitar riffing. She sings with a smile, which is hard to dislike, and there's a sense of fun which compensates to a degree for the MOR leanings.
Finally, Magdelene Green (2/5) bound on stage and perform a confident and competent set, but one which is just too straight to be of any real interest. Their Americana-tinged rock was a big favourite with their fans down the front, whilst the rest of us remembered that Bon Jovi were once young and good-looking too. [Ally Brown]