At the intimate venue upstairs in The Lexington in Kings Cross, we found ourselves arriving early for a night of electronic-synth rock.
The first band entered the stage looking as if they had just come from their 6th form college, even with one band member donning a Donald Duck baseball cap – and later this seemed pretty entertaining, watching a cartoon character playing synth! Beaty Heart went on the play a few decent tunes with an absolutely amazing drummer and wicked synth mixes. Unfortunately, this sound was let down by quite awful vocals. Note to electro bands everywhere, constantly using the ‘echo’ button does not cover bad vocals. Aside from this, I thought that the members of this young quartet were good, energetic musicians and with a new singer and some hit tunes, they may just be sorted.
Having read some hype about the next band as well as listening to their myspace tracks, I wasn’t sure what to expect. This Hackney duo named Plants Plants were yet again pretty much electro pop/synth lovers with some average vocals. With one audience member behind me stating ”they were shite” after their set, I don’t 100 percent disagree with them. Lacking stage presence and ultimately a song I wanted to dance to, maybe I just couldn’t find where this band were coming from. Maybe they’ll find their feet eventually and manage to create a decent pop song; they’re still a new band after all. There’s still hope yet.
After a short break, headliners Trophy Wife took to the stage and gave us all a sweet polished performance. With yet again an outstanding drummer, this band was technically sound and played to an excited audience. Apart from the lead singer looking slightly like a geography teacher, his vocals and guitar riffs were always on tune. Playing tracks such as ‘Microlite’ and ‘The Quiet Earth’, Trophy Wife may not blow you away but at least you would want to get up and dance!
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