Quite what Spacetrain are trying to achieve, I'm not quite sure… a Liverpool band with an unfeasibly tall front man (ditch the glasses!) doing a very poor Pearl Jam tribute set. Next!
The Seattle sound is also evident in Ji… yet delivered around 1000 times better. I've seen this band a few times and thought they were shit, but boy have they improved. A front man who previously would have shat one if a poodle crossed his path now has the primal roar of a very pissed off lion. The dynamics and structure of their material is still a little suspect (mid-set being far stronger than the end) and a more confident between song patter / presence wouldn't go amiss… along with a bit more enthusiasm from the drummer (come on lad, TWAT it!)… but then these problems may have been glossed over had the rig been at the thunderous volume the performance deserved.
If you're into an interesting visual combination, then Of Arrowe Hill should be right up your street, as the Beast of Bodmin Moor (BUM), a pissed up bloke in a fishing hat clutching a framed picture of Syd Barrett (PUB) and an excitable 12-year old in a suit (KID) stumble on stage.
It's a shame, then that the songs are a load of ramshackle bollocks. With no actual tune to make out, you're left with PUB staggering around talking shit to his mates, BUM looking confused as he looks to his amp for inspiration (or volume) and KID possibly wetting himself at the spectacle of it all. Overall it's like watching a busload of mentally handicapped kids smash into a cliff, in reverse.
Timing is everything, and time will tell whether Sweatmaster have arrived just in the nick of time, or an hour past their submission deadline. They throttle the Hives/D4 zeitgeist of MC5 influenced rama-lama Rock n' Roll as any good Scandinavian band should and seem in good spirits… but it sure ain't anything new.
The front two also do an excellent QOTSA impression, with the Oliveri-a-like either suffering from piles or using his penis extension of a guitar to have a furious wank.
It's all highly compelling… but the country may have bored of it.
The Seattle sound is also evident in Ji… yet delivered around 1000 times better. I've seen this band a few times and thought they were shit, but boy have they improved. A front man who previously would have shat one if a poodle crossed his path now has the primal roar of a very pissed off lion. The dynamics and structure of their material is still a little suspect (mid-set being far stronger than the end) and a more confident between song patter / presence wouldn't go amiss… along with a bit more enthusiasm from the drummer (come on lad, TWAT it!)… but then these problems may have been glossed over had the rig been at the thunderous volume the performance deserved.
If you're into an interesting visual combination, then Of Arrowe Hill should be right up your street, as the Beast of Bodmin Moor (BUM), a pissed up bloke in a fishing hat clutching a framed picture of Syd Barrett (PUB) and an excitable 12-year old in a suit (KID) stumble on stage.
It's a shame, then that the songs are a load of ramshackle bollocks. With no actual tune to make out, you're left with PUB staggering around talking shit to his mates, BUM looking confused as he looks to his amp for inspiration (or volume) and KID possibly wetting himself at the spectacle of it all. Overall it's like watching a busload of mentally handicapped kids smash into a cliff, in reverse.
Timing is everything, and time will tell whether Sweatmaster have arrived just in the nick of time, or an hour past their submission deadline. They throttle the Hives/D4 zeitgeist of MC5 influenced rama-lama Rock n' Roll as any good Scandinavian band should and seem in good spirits… but it sure ain't anything new.
The front two also do an excellent QOTSA impression, with the Oliveri-a-like either suffering from piles or using his penis extension of a guitar to have a furious wank.
It's all highly compelling… but the country may have bored of it.
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