Post by blade on Feb 19, 2011 10:24:08 GMT
Source: www.redbrickonline.co.uk/music/sad-day-for-puppets-flapper-11022011/
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Sad Day For Puppets Flapper 11/02/2011
18th Feb 2011
Scandinavian bands are going to take over the world. Efterklang, Sigur Rós and Camera Obscura are all testament to that fact. But why is this so?
Many have thought that the lack of sunlight forces the likes of Lekman and Bjork into their song writing hovels more often than the rest of the industry, but I have to disagree. After watching Sad Day for Puppets at the Flapper Friday week, I’m convinced that it’s our blonde-haired cousins’ inherent charm that wins the critical acclaim and public adoration.
The evening was one for humorous dancing, with SDFP’s bassist’s efforts to make daddy dancing cool again complimenting the bizarre shapes of the support act, I eat Your Skin. Their terrible tribute to the Ting Tings (probably the least deserving act of a tribute from the last decade) pervaded the Eurythmics, whose seminal Sweet Dreams was poorly covered before the twosome delivered a self indulgent ‘epic’ declaring that ‘Fire is Burning.’ One of the worst named bands I’ve ever heard were unsurprisingly the worst live band that I’ve ever seen. East 17 sadly go down to second place.
Understandably, the venue filled out for SDFP, whose short set was packed full of catchy tunes and sugar-sweet vocal harmonies. The most recent single, the captivating Sorrow, Sorrow is currently being championed by Lauren Laverne and it was the highlight of a set that came alive in the middle part. Monster & The Beast and Shadows were crowd pleasers, although the rock ‘n’ roll song endings to these indie-pop forms were somewhat incongruous.
SDFP play heart-warming songs with smiles on their faces. Their music doesn’t break boundaries, nor will it win the Mercury, but live their charming sound is a real winner.
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Sad Day For Puppets Flapper 11/02/2011
18th Feb 2011
Scandinavian bands are going to take over the world. Efterklang, Sigur Rós and Camera Obscura are all testament to that fact. But why is this so?
Many have thought that the lack of sunlight forces the likes of Lekman and Bjork into their song writing hovels more often than the rest of the industry, but I have to disagree. After watching Sad Day for Puppets at the Flapper Friday week, I’m convinced that it’s our blonde-haired cousins’ inherent charm that wins the critical acclaim and public adoration.
The evening was one for humorous dancing, with SDFP’s bassist’s efforts to make daddy dancing cool again complimenting the bizarre shapes of the support act, I eat Your Skin. Their terrible tribute to the Ting Tings (probably the least deserving act of a tribute from the last decade) pervaded the Eurythmics, whose seminal Sweet Dreams was poorly covered before the twosome delivered a self indulgent ‘epic’ declaring that ‘Fire is Burning.’ One of the worst named bands I’ve ever heard were unsurprisingly the worst live band that I’ve ever seen. East 17 sadly go down to second place.
Understandably, the venue filled out for SDFP, whose short set was packed full of catchy tunes and sugar-sweet vocal harmonies. The most recent single, the captivating Sorrow, Sorrow is currently being championed by Lauren Laverne and it was the highlight of a set that came alive in the middle part. Monster & The Beast and Shadows were crowd pleasers, although the rock ‘n’ roll song endings to these indie-pop forms were somewhat incongruous.
SDFP play heart-warming songs with smiles on their faces. Their music doesn’t break boundaries, nor will it win the Mercury, but live their charming sound is a real winner.