Having mysteriously neglected to check out this Welsh three-piece despite their vocal band of devotees plugging them at every opportunity, I finally got to find out what the fuss was all about. Fittingly taking place at the Water Rats, a miniscule, sweat-drenched room at the back of a Kings Cross boozer, their succinct shots of shouty off-kilter rock is delivered with an unusually fervent energy and their eccentric lyrics manage to come across as witty rather than obnoxious- an increasing rarity in this day and age. The acerbic humour of frontman Andy Falkous is an even greater draw, brutally ripping into a series of deserving targets including a chronically irritating front-row heckler unwisely wearing a Tool t-shirt. AND they threw Jaffa Cakes into the crowd, which is essentially all the bribery it takes for me to write a positive review. They’re probably not the great white hope of British music some of their more obsessive fans portray them to be (their material got pretty samey towards the end) but still, it’s encouraging that there’s up-and-coming bands with the balls and charisma to wash away the bad taste of the talentless chancers clogging up the charts with their interminable dreck.(Photo: Valido (Flickr))
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