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The Hedrons

2007 started with a bang yesterday (21st Jan), first gig of the year. M and I took ourselves off to Barfly to see The Hedrons.


There were 2 support bands last night. First up the Stopmotion Men, with whom we were quite impressed. I can't say that any of their songs were particularly memorable, but they were very enthusiastic, quite heavy for a 3-piece (guitar, keyboard & drums), and had a sense of humour. Kudos to the keyboard player, much appreciated (although that may partly be to my current re-learning of the piano). Check out their myspace.

Next up, were The Peakz (although the posters around Barfly indicate that the 5150s should have been on), who are an unsigned Welsh band. Their songs were quite similar apart from 1 50-second spurt. They seemed fairly well rehearsed, but had a fairly common problem of mumbling into the mikes. Nothing memorable from where we were, but not awful either. They also have a myspace.

The Hedrons came onstage to an unfortunately thinned-out crowd (it seemed that friends of the Stopmotion Men had left early), but that didn't deter them. Raucous may be the word - at any rate, any January cobwebs we had left are now completely blown away! The band (an all-female Scottish outfit) impressed with a set list from their forthcoming album One More Won't Kill Us. My favourite - Heatseeker. Their other singles Be My Friend and I Need You also featured among the set. The girls were very energetic, and for a truly intimate experience, the singer Tippi left the stage and sang whilst meandering amongst the crowd. It could only happen there! As an extra bonus, the band had some advance copies of their album (which apparently hits the shops on 5th Feb); one copy duly purchased for us.

An excellent night - definitely a 'one to watch band', in some ways akin to our much loved Subways. Hoorah.

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