Part of a new wave of Scottish bands bent on erasing the bad taste of The View and their talentless ilk, Make Model’s impressive if succinct set at the Water Rats suggests an exciting new talent with a bright future ahead of them. Eschewing the Libertines derived sound commandeered by so many of the peers, the dense synth pop and lovely wall-of-sound harmonies of debut single The Was comes across as a heady mix of Glasvegas and Los Campesinos, whilst having a distinctive edge of its own. And unlike so many new bands, they seem to have more to them than their one big song; the fuzzy guitars and irregular time signatures of Czech Neck recall Broken Social Scene at their most accessible. Plus, they have a track named after a Brass Eye joke- what more could you want? (Photo: John Lewis)
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"The Was" sounds as if it was written by an existentialist philosopher. Does the song go on forever and get very complicated?
They sound better than the Scottish bands that I saw at Fibbers recently.
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