![]() There are no encores – Holly needs a drink and to party with her masses. The end of the set sees a dirty, grungy, completely punked out, raw grit fuelled ‘Return Of Withcraft’, also from This Is Eggland. The progressive drum beats on this song alone get the blood pressure raised to a dancing level and beyond.Īnother belter from This Is Eggland, ‘I’m With You’, with its mind bending fuzzed out effects, relentless beats and pumping rhythms from Holly on guitar has an energy that really draws you in, before machine-gunning in some lovely vocal breaks. The vocal breaks from Holly again add to the uniqueness of everything that they put into this. ‘Food’, a cleverly crafted song about mastication, is plucky and fun and will have you moving at least one part of your body in time to the feel good riffs. It is one of those songs that lulls you into a false sense of security, then wallops you with a hefty dose of killer indie melodies. ‘You Can Go Now’ is a cracking little anthem, with crowd participation aplenty. Whilst the set tonight is invested heavily in the tracks from I Am Moron, there are some belters from This Is Eggland, released back in 2018, and ‘Wiggy Giggy’ and ‘Witchcraft’ are two stand out performances tonight. ![]() It certainly revs up the engines, and after an almost lulling ‘Please Let Me Come Mooch Round Your House’, the unmistakable guitar riff of ‘Fu*k It’ starts, and the noise is deafening. ‘You’ve Got The Ball’ sees Dave and Holly throw out six footballs into the masses, which promptly start being tossed around overhead, and not a spilt drink in sight. His name is actually Alistair, and how do I know? Well, I was stood next to him the whole gig. “The poor lad is traumatised,” exclaims Holly. There are plenty of stories woven between songs, and tonight Holly and Dave meet the young man who lost his auction bid for Dave’s Vintage Mickey Mouse soap on eBay. ‘I Wanna’ gets the crowd shouting along to every vocal blast that Holly puts out there, but it is the hypnotic, mesmerising and utterly captivating ‘Magic Onion’ that sees her lose control and just completely rock out, owning the stage and her crowd. They really are adored round this neck of the woods. Taking a moment to welcome everyone tonight and to thank them for coming, Holly always recants how special the venue is to them and how much they love playing here, and how the tour could not have finished in a better place. Without missing a beat we are into ‘Still Second Rate’ and ‘The Digital Hair’, which are equally as hard and heavy, taking things up notch by notch, with some outstanding trigger loops and synth based effects adding to the anthemic feel. ![]() The force and swagger with which the pair go at things, straight off the bat, tells me that they really mean business. It is loud, dirty, fuzzed out and tears through some exquisite punctuated drum beats from Dave, as Holly and her vocal effects feel like a swirling tirade moving around you. ![]() Dave settles behind his kit, and they rip straight into ‘This Decision’, the first single from the highly acclaimed album, I Am Moron. Noteable props to the support acts, in the way of The Bug Club, and poet Rob Auten, who manage to keep the crowd stir crazy as they wait for the proudly independent Northern psychedelic punk rock duo to take to the stage.Īs soon as Dave and Holly are visible, the die hard Gipton Wood Crew (Leeds Branch) erupts at front of stage and Holly takes her usual swig of Strongbow. But looking at the faces around me, tonight people are definitely up for a party. It’s the last night of the tour, and the Brudenell is sold out, unlike the band’s last appearance at the venue, which was a much quieter affair, given that lockdown had just ended. Simply Red – Live Review – Scarborough Open Air Theatre
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