I’ve been to many interesting gigs but nothing quite as bizarre as Young Knives' performance this weekend at Britain’s sweatiest venue, Joiners in Southampton.
Joiners was recently voted by NME as the 'Best Small Venue,' a very well-deserved title. If you aren’t aware of the quirky oddball brothers who front the Leicestershire indie band Young Knives, then where have you been? They're entertaining, have a sense of engaging humour and are guaranteed to put on an intriguing live show.
After a performance from the British songwriter Oliver Ralfe who performed in the group Ralfe Band, a pink, oversized, headed figure appeared on stage and the crowds gathered to witness Young Knives. Counting 1, 2, 3 (repetitively in a high-pitched child’s voice), the entrance of the band was highly original - and not even the most eccentric part of the show!
Their UK tour is a celebration of their self-recorded, self-produced debut album 'Sick Octave' which was released early in November. The evening was a delightful fusion of electronica, indie and punk. One song admittedly the brothers wrote after too much to drink - as Thomas 'House of Lords' Dartnall (vocals/guitar) joked: “Good recordings of songs have been done, we wanted to do a bad recording.”
Overall the gig was a mixture of various tracks from the Sick Octave album including their latest single 'Maureen' along with hit songs 'She’s Attracted To You', engaging experimental videos and House of Lords' famously terrible hair!
The show went out with a bang, after the trio took requests from the crowd playing their 'Loughborough Suicide' and then finishing off the set with a collection of classic Young Knives' material.Joiners was recently voted by NME as the 'Best Small Venue,' a very well-deserved title. If you aren’t aware of the quirky oddball brothers who front the Leicestershire indie band Young Knives, then where have you been? They're entertaining, have a sense of engaging humour and are guaranteed to put on an intriguing live show.
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