Tonight I'm at the Water Rats in Kings Cross, a great venue, liquor in the front and back, music in the rear.
It is a Club Fandango night, and the first band I'm here to see is MAKE GOOD YOUR ESCAPE.
A great name indeed, this 4 piecer originally hail from Chichester in WestSussex. Formed in Brighton 2004, they have continued to turn heads with their frantic performances and notched up a whole heap of gigs with other names to watch in the industry, such as Maximo Park, Nine Black Alps, Skin and Electric Six to name but a few.
Mike Yates is the vocalist as well as on guitars. This fella has a great range in his voice, from high pitch fuzz to depth charge dirt. It swingsfrom Robert Smith to slightly more Bono-esque, with all the right credentials in staying individual allied with an intimate, yet animated stage presence. On rocking bass, Tim Foremankeeps a unique backbone going with the hard bass bashment.
The other guitarist in the band is Tim Fleet, steadfast and unwavering: a great example of dirty metal guitar jongle!!. Smashing the skins is Steve Watts, mercurial as he is precise. They working together well ,producing a convoluted melodic sound.
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Song styles sway like a love hammock, from a blues biscuit to what sounds like an Iron Maiden guitar riff. They’re a real Tom Smith cracker full of genres. Influences come from Radiohead ("OK Computer" time), U2 and Smashing Pumpkins. This is a fine hypothesis of rhythm concentrated smashpan ultra. The sound converges so well into ahigh-octane forceful show. Like an emotionally psyched energy marinated Keane, BUT with an abundance of raw energy, talent, music and areal attitude with not a fucking sappy melon 'ead in sight.
A class performance on the whole. Very refreshing, a little like the feeling when you piss in the sink and your town halls rest on the porcelain cusp.
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