New Breed@The Vic Café, Glasgow School Of Art
Saturday 7th June 2008
5 stars
“Play it a bit more Todd Rungren, baby.”
Not words you hear at every art school hop, but it’s what Fire Engines/Heartbeat/Win/The Nectarine No 9 guitarist and guiding light Davy Henderson drawls to drummer Ian Holford after stopping a song just a few notes in on this, The Sexual Objects low-key live debut.
Suited and booted for the occasion, Henderson, Holford, guitarist Simon Smeeton and bassist/Creeping Bent guru Douglas MacIntyre – a classic quartet, Nectarine survivors all – serve up six perfectly crafted vignettes with cool-handed brio. From sex-on-legs single ‘Full Penetration’ and its flip ‘Boycow’ to low-slung slow-burner ‘Merrie England,’ a frighteningly assured amalgam of freakbeat-garage-glam and east coast cool ensues. Laced with a side-order of four-part doo-wop, it duly causes a pair of polka- dotted divas to wig out awhile. Which, with electronic dreamscapers Boards Of Canada on production duties for the next record, proves Henderson and co are still the best rock n’ roll band on this or any other planet.
The List, June 2008
ends
Saturday 7th June 2008
5 stars
“Play it a bit more Todd Rungren, baby.”
Not words you hear at every art school hop, but it’s what Fire Engines/Heartbeat/Win/The Nectarine No 9 guitarist and guiding light Davy Henderson drawls to drummer Ian Holford after stopping a song just a few notes in on this, The Sexual Objects low-key live debut.
Suited and booted for the occasion, Henderson, Holford, guitarist Simon Smeeton and bassist/Creeping Bent guru Douglas MacIntyre – a classic quartet, Nectarine survivors all – serve up six perfectly crafted vignettes with cool-handed brio. From sex-on-legs single ‘Full Penetration’ and its flip ‘Boycow’ to low-slung slow-burner ‘Merrie England,’ a frighteningly assured amalgam of freakbeat-garage-glam and east coast cool ensues. Laced with a side-order of four-part doo-wop, it duly causes a pair of polka- dotted divas to wig out awhile. Which, with electronic dreamscapers Boards Of Canada on production duties for the next record, proves Henderson and co are still the best rock n’ roll band on this or any other planet.
The List, June 2008
ends
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