Oceansize
>> King Tuts
>> 21st March 2006
There is a mighty buzz in Tut’s tonight. Still Glasgow’s best room for live music, it really is at its greatest when there is a full and rowdy crowd squeezing in to get an up-close view of great new bands.
Tonight is fired up by openers Sucioperro. Boasting a solid set of jagged rock anthems they come across like Feeder living vicariously through Rival Schools. The band has a real camaraderie with the crowd and, despite occasionally delving into some matey in-jokes, they generally keep the place up and in high spirits. On the night they have cds and t-shirts aplenty at the stall, which upon their set’s end was packed with impressed punters. On tonight’s evidence Sucioperro should go from strength to strength.
Next up is the incredible Pure Reason Revolution. I’d heard a rumble about the quality of this band in the days leading up to the gig but I had no idea how great they would be. Boasting an epic and feverishly progressive view of rock they genuinely create music of as yet untold scope. ‘The Bright Ambassadors’ is one of the best songs I’ve heard this year; but apart from the music I was impressed by the use of a projector in Tut’s to make the place feel like some sort of space port or underwater cavern! Unbelievable. Their latest ep ‘Cautionary Tales for the Brave’ is out now. Buy it and buy tickets to see the Revolution.
Oceansize are continuing to carve their very distinct niche in modern rock. They are natural Godfathers to bands like Pure Reason Revolution and People in Planes who are taking their time to readdress rock music and make it fit into a 21st century frame. Playing tonight to a crowd on the verge of hysteria created by the wise use of support acts, the band kick out with a literal ‘Best of’ set covering their debut album Efflorence; their seminal ep Music for Nurses and their latest album Everyone Into Position.
The weight of brilliance they pour into the first half hour is enough to bury most bands currently hacking their way around venues two and three times the size of Tut’s. Charm Offensive is still a tune decades ahead of even Radiohead’s thoroughly futuristic sound (without the overblown synth tinkles); really something that should be taken more notice of by the music press and music fan alike. One Out of None couldn’t possible sound any better than in Tut’s tonight and the way it leads into the gentle wash of Music for a Nurse from Everyone into Position just makes you realise what a sham it is for a band of this quality and ability to have been playing the same venues for the last five years.
Do yourself a massive favour; get into position and support music that matters.
>> Russell Moore
www.oceansize.co.uk
www.purereasonrevolution.com
www.myspace.com/sucioperro
>> 21st March 2006
There is a mighty buzz in Tut’s tonight. Still Glasgow’s best room for live music, it really is at its greatest when there is a full and rowdy crowd squeezing in to get an up-close view of great new bands.
Tonight is fired up by openers Sucioperro. Boasting a solid set of jagged rock anthems they come across like Feeder living vicariously through Rival Schools. The band has a real camaraderie with the crowd and, despite occasionally delving into some matey in-jokes, they generally keep the place up and in high spirits. On the night they have cds and t-shirts aplenty at the stall, which upon their set’s end was packed with impressed punters. On tonight’s evidence Sucioperro should go from strength to strength.
Next up is the incredible Pure Reason Revolution. I’d heard a rumble about the quality of this band in the days leading up to the gig but I had no idea how great they would be. Boasting an epic and feverishly progressive view of rock they genuinely create music of as yet untold scope. ‘The Bright Ambassadors’ is one of the best songs I’ve heard this year; but apart from the music I was impressed by the use of a projector in Tut’s to make the place feel like some sort of space port or underwater cavern! Unbelievable. Their latest ep ‘Cautionary Tales for the Brave’ is out now. Buy it and buy tickets to see the Revolution.
Oceansize are continuing to carve their very distinct niche in modern rock. They are natural Godfathers to bands like Pure Reason Revolution and People in Planes who are taking their time to readdress rock music and make it fit into a 21st century frame. Playing tonight to a crowd on the verge of hysteria created by the wise use of support acts, the band kick out with a literal ‘Best of’ set covering their debut album Efflorence; their seminal ep Music for Nurses and their latest album Everyone Into Position.
The weight of brilliance they pour into the first half hour is enough to bury most bands currently hacking their way around venues two and three times the size of Tut’s. Charm Offensive is still a tune decades ahead of even Radiohead’s thoroughly futuristic sound (without the overblown synth tinkles); really something that should be taken more notice of by the music press and music fan alike. One Out of None couldn’t possible sound any better than in Tut’s tonight and the way it leads into the gentle wash of Music for a Nurse from Everyone into Position just makes you realise what a sham it is for a band of this quality and ability to have been playing the same venues for the last five years.
Do yourself a massive favour; get into position and support music that matters.
>> Russell Moore
www.oceansize.co.uk
www.purereasonrevolution.com
www.myspace.com/sucioperro
