Great live review of our gig with Bang Bang Eche and Polka Party in London at The Fly in awesome blog site ‘Musical Exuberance’. We seem to be picking up quite a lot of these recently so looking forward to our first live gigs after we’ve recorded Picture Without Sound!
http://musicalexuberance.blogspot.com/2009/11/bang-bang-eche-polka-party-dark-sparks.html
SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2009
Bang Bang Eche, Polka Party, Dark Sparks @ The Fly
A night of impressive drummers.
Opening up was Sheffield’s Dark Sparks. I really enjoyed these guys, really tight with big drums and a great groove that sounded far less emo than expected. Fronted by the vocally strong, synth wielding Leigh Greenwood this was definitely an act to look out for again.
It took me a little while to get into Polka Party but after a few songs (and a few beers) I started to enjoy their raw-ness. Another great drummer, looking effortless through a fairly taxing set.
All the way from New Zealand were the synth-punk Bang! Bang! Eche! and pretty damn cool. Between the killer samples and the ‘fuck you’ demeanor, the whole band rocked out really hard, with barely a moment between tracks. In a few years these guys have had success in the US with their debut EP, and have been playing the festival circuits, so this was an awesome chance to see them in a small venue right up close.
Not a bad venue, nothing flash but better than your average basement.
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