How is it The Others are can lay claim to being an NME cover star when there’s undoubtedly more talented bands doing the rounds. It isn’t like there’s an epidemic of decent music and we should let the barrel scraping commence now is there? Exactly where do bands like THE LONGCUT eventually fit into the mainstream scheme of things? After release of their ‘Transition’ single - a fine piece of ranting electronica – they were afforded plenty of industry attention and tonight, as the venereal harpies otherwise known as the Queens of Noize play hostess (in spirit), The Longcut bring their own piece of the north, as well as their own fan club to the Barfly.
Taking the sound scaping of Mogwai and lacing it with the kind of drawn out sessions The Stone Roses would be proud of, The Longcut are as far from the generic guitar scene that’s beginning to rear its head.
Building it up just to tear it down, they do it with looped samples, thumping dance bass and ultimately a dash of Northern Soul. Singing drummers: yes you think you’ve heard it all before but what about a singer/drummer? Stuart Ogilvie darts in between the mic and the kit, stopping off to kick start a sample or tinkle the ivories if he has the time. It may not be the most practical set up but the reliance on the music is reinforced as the mob at the front provide us with football chant vocals.
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Flitting between cleaner cut Sonic Youth guitars and relaxed Doves harmonies, they invite you to move, and with the majority of the crowd originally with their ears to the Transmission club night downstairs, by the end of the set at least they taught the Barfly to dance. Manchester style.
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