Back to the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds we go. It wasn’t packed on a Sunday night but I was the holder of ticket 1A. I got my ticket months ago because I know The Bohicas are going to be big.
Support came from the uniquely named Peace & Love Barbershop Muhammad Ali. They are apparently named after a barber shop near Moss side in Manchester. The band features a bassist with a ginormous afro and a Guitarist/singer wearing a Lou Reed t shirt.
Oh no…another band that are more style than substance was my first thought. However with some cool vocal effects you wouldn’t have guessed it was their fourth ever show.
The keyboardist may be a virtuoso for all we know but she plays about two notes per song but that works with their style of music.
At the start they were asking the ‘stubborn Yorkshire folk’ to come closer to the stage to stand up and dance. At the start only the singer’s girlfriend was interested. By the end of the set a lot more people were paying attention.
Now to The Bohicas. According to the urban dictionary the band name is an acronym of bend over here it comes again. If that is the case then you should let your orifices enjoy the immediacy of some great guitar songs.
Picture courtesy of Kirstie Wright.
I first discovered them through the radio station XFM’s Great X-pectations website list at the start of 2014. The other new picks included bands that have massive breakthroughs like Royal Blood and Jungle. I realised they had formed from the ashes of Swanton Bombs. A band I had considered seeing at Live at Leeds back in 2010 but decided against it. The Singer/Guitarist Dom McGuinness is also the brother of solo artist Eugene McGuinness. Five years of gigging shows with Guitarist Dominic wearing the type of hat only a rockstar can pull off.
They leave the best until last with the double whammy of ‘XXX’ and ‘Swarm’ at the end of the set. The latter even managing to have a Guitar riff that manages to resemble a swarm of bees but in a good way. Other songs like To Die For’ are worth checking out and ‘Where You At’ has recently been receiving airplay on Radio 1.
Their debut album ‘The Making Of’ is released on Friday 21st August through Domino Recording Company.
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