It’s always a pleasure to see The Outside Royalty. Britain’s second-best up-and-coming band never fail to impress, and their rollocking synth-fuelled chamber pop sounds ever more polished each time I see them. Their songwriting still doesn’t quite match the scope of their ambition, but their vivacious performance and excellent musicianship should finally see them get the success they richly deserve once their debut is out next year (and as always, their cover of Eleanor Rigby rocked my fucking socks off.) The night also saw sets by Molotov who failed to set much alight with their sub-Libertines-meets-Vampire Weekend mimsery and The Ruling Class, whose slavish devotion the early-90’s Madchester scene works both for and against them- they sound admirably authentic, but with one of their songs 95% lifted from The Stone Roses’ Waterfall, one might feel their taking their hero worship a leetle too far.
(Photo: John Gleeson)
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