Fanfarlo Live at The Old Queen's Head
February 14th 2007 10:24
Now this is a venue. Downstairs takes the comforting shape of an oaky, teaky psychiatrist's drawing room sort of area, with ornate carvings plastered on the fireplace and antlers for chandeliers. Upstairs, where Fanfarlo are tonight releasing their new single, is similarly clad in French film posters and a giant mirror at the back of the stage. There are also free cakes. This is a tremendous bonus.
Fanfarlo's new single, 'You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Truly Understands Us', is the reason everyone has made the trip today, and we are expectant. Thankfully, Fanfarlo prove to be a strikingly muscular prospect live. Their records don't quite have the pulse and intensity of their performance, so we can be truly thankful for attending. Previous single 'Talking Backwards' is utterly brutal form such a shiny pop song, squirming through its deceptively varied dynamics and timbres.
The last time PM saw Fanfarlo, they were a three-piece. It seems expanding to twice that number has truly helped the sound grow and effervesce in a much more luxuriant way than seemed possible. Lines of violin and trumpet weave around the bass beautifully, and the musical lines are well drawn enough to sound completely natural. Fanfarlo are truly creating pop animals ready to be released into the wild. Tonight's show is a quite wonderful experience, tumbling melancholy and sweetness falling between your cake-stained fingers like something not experienced since childhood.
Go here to hear and get info about buying the new single, which you definitely should. It's on Fandango records. Oh well.
Fanfarlo's new single, 'You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Truly Understands Us', is the reason everyone has made the trip today, and we are expectant. Thankfully, Fanfarlo prove to be a strikingly muscular prospect live. Their records don't quite have the pulse and intensity of their performance, so we can be truly thankful for attending. Previous single 'Talking Backwards' is utterly brutal form such a shiny pop song, squirming through its deceptively varied dynamics and timbres.
The last time PM saw Fanfarlo, they were a three-piece. It seems expanding to twice that number has truly helped the sound grow and effervesce in a much more luxuriant way than seemed possible. Lines of violin and trumpet weave around the bass beautifully, and the musical lines are well drawn enough to sound completely natural. Fanfarlo are truly creating pop animals ready to be released into the wild. Tonight's show is a quite wonderful experience, tumbling melancholy and sweetness falling between your cake-stained fingers like something not experienced since childhood.
Go here to hear and get info about buying the new single, which you definitely should. It's on Fandango records. Oh well.
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David Jobling
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