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Concert Review by Mark Bayross LA2, London – 31 October 1999 Featuring: Man(i)kin, The Borg, Leech Woman, Chaos Engine, Inertia, Covenant, C-Tec Halloween. The spookiest of all nights. Perfect for a goth get-together, especially this year, what with this being Tony Blair Witch Millennium year, and all that. Such was the thinking behind tonight’s Concert Review by Kris Griffiths Scala, London One of the biggest musical misnomers in recent history has to be the ‘new acoustic movement’ circa 2001. There was nothing particularly new about bands unplugging their electrics for an album or two and its classification as a movement evokes the image of a river of treacle, Single Review by Mark Bayross The opening guitar chords may sound reminiscent of PAINT IT BLACK, but FROM YOUR FAVOURITE SKY, the third single from I Am Kloot’s justifiably praised eponymous second album, soon erupts into a sweeping epic of strings and plaintive vocals. At under three minutes, it takes no time in tugging Single Review by Mark Bayross After the Top 40-crashing OVER MY SHOULDER comes another sweet, jaunty number with Johnny Bramwell’s luminous and worldly-wise voice regaling us with a semi-evangelical paean to love and modern urban existence. I BELIEVE is backed by a new track HAUNTED HOUSE and two remixes of GOS AND MONSTERS by Single Review by Mark Bayross After the limited edition 7” UNTITLED #1, I Am Kloot release their first proper single from their forthcoming second album in the form of LIFE IN A DAY. Produced by the Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie, it’s a funky rhythmic little number, with plenty of archetypal Mancunian swagger to its Single Review by Mark Bayross This single is the first new material since I Am Kloot third album GODS AND MONSTERS and is the kind of jaunty, spiky guitar number fans will be used to. B-side STRANGE LITTLE GIRL showcases their more subtle side – a haunting acoustic strum, charming in its simplicity. High Single Review by Mark Bayross This is the first single from forthcoming third album GOD AND MONSTERS and it’s business as usual for the Mancunian trio, with its gentle guitar, sweetly tuneful bass and Johnny Bramwell’s understated vocal delivery. B-sides GREAT ESCAPE and JUNK CULTURE strangely remind me of an acoustic Carter USM – Single Review by Mark Bayross Another single from the Manchester band’s pretty decent self-titled second album, PROOF is a short but affecting slice of gritty Northern realism, not unlike Oasis without the fake posturing. It’s not particularly memorable, but it’s poignant and tuneful enough to make you stop and listen. The single comes backed Single Review by Mark Bayross Calling your single UNTITLED #1 may not be the most commercially lucrative strategy, but then neither is only releasing it on 7” vinyl. Still, you get the feeling that the Manchester trio don’t really care – this whimsical acoustic melody has a summery vibe that is bound to appeal Single Review by EDF Taken from Astbury’s album SPIRIT/LIGHT/SPEED this single does not help promote the album. It starts off well enough until the crunching guitar riff, sounding like it’s being put through the electronic shredder, try’s to be like Nine Inch Nails but ends up virtually killing the song. The lyric and tune, |
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