Test Icicles
>> Garage
>> 18th April 2006
Test Icicles. We hardly knew ye. *Sob Sob*
The Garage tonight hosts the final Scottish show for these young lads, having decided to call it a day after only one album, For Screening Purposes Only on Domino Records.
The band stroll on stage With their usual care-free attitude to the drum intro of hit single Circle.Square.Triangle, and pulses start racing. However, the young and enthusiastic crowd are brought back down to earth with the disappointment of the lead vocal mic not working. Being one of the best singles of last year it's still a great opener, and the boys make up for the lack of vocals with some great on-stage antics. God knows how they are still in one piece.
Even if the music is a little too violent for my liking, it is still very entertaining to watch as the stumble around that stage in a chaotic fashion and I feel sorry for the over-worked roadie, having to pick up the mic stand every two seconds. Towels over their heads, swearing at the crowd, kicking everything that moves, big fluffy bunny rabbits dancing away - Test Icicles manage to squeeze everything into they're hour long set, leaving the crowd begging for more.
The band do look very tired at times though, as if they have simply just ran out of steam. So maybe it is fitting that they leave us with the one album. They finish up their encore with Boa vs Python - the other stand-out track from the album and leave with the phrase 'We better go now before we get arrested'. Proof if proof needed that these punks are not everyone's cup of tea.
Test Icicles, we will miss you. The myspace success story ends too soon. May you rest in peace.
>> Joe Sach
