Interesting music but a decidedly average performance, consisting of little to no stage presence. If Apples (a five-piece from Hereford) upped the anti a bit then they will go on to huge things.
The music was great, and after seeing them perform at The Unit on Saturday I checked out the band’s myspace, and recognized the songs from the gig instantly, and I felt they did well to perform the songs a
s crisply as they did in recordings.
They simply make flawless pop music. Comparable to the likes of Vampire Weekend fused with Madness, with a faint hint of The Smiths’ jangly, reverb sound. Although I offer comparisons to this band, what I liked about them was they are hard to pigeonhole, and although being by no means original, they take on the guises of a variety of artists.
Unlike so many other up and coming bands they have managed to get the layering in their songs correct so as to make them sound complete and not empty. The stand out track for me was “Monty, It’s time”. This was a great tune, which had really catchy backing vocals that had me humming the whole evening. Delightfully infectious.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell if the audience were there to see these guys or if they were just there because it is somewhere for the alternative people to congregate. I would like to think that the turnout was for the band but I don’t think it was. This shouldn’t dishearten the guys as it would be surprising if they are not on Radio 1 within a year; clear up the disengaging live show and the potential is endless. These guys are on to a winner.
The music was great, and after seeing them perform at The Unit on Saturday I checked out the band’s myspace, and recognized the songs from the gig instantly, and I felt they did well to perform the songs a
s crisply as they did in recordings.They simply make flawless pop music. Comparable to the likes of Vampire Weekend fused with Madness, with a faint hint of The Smiths’ jangly, reverb sound. Although I offer comparisons to this band, what I liked about them was they are hard to pigeonhole, and although being by no means original, they take on the guises of a variety of artists.
Unlike so many other up and coming bands they have managed to get the layering in their songs correct so as to make them sound complete and not empty. The stand out track for me was “Monty, It’s time”. This was a great tune, which had really catchy backing vocals that had me humming the whole evening. Delightfully infectious.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell if the audience were there to see these guys or if they were just there because it is somewhere for the alternative people to congregate. I would like to think that the turnout was for the band but I don’t think it was. This shouldn’t dishearten the guys as it would be surprising if they are not on Radio 1 within a year; clear up the disengaging live show and the potential is endless. These guys are on to a winner.
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