Sextile Lending Rooms Leeds / Record Junkie Sheffield 18-19 January 2018

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A Crash Course In Science, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, Absolute Body Control, alternative, Bam Bam And The Calling, Blue In Heaven, DAF, deathwave, European tour 2018, gothic, Human League, indie, industrial, Jesus and Mary Chain, Los Angeles, new order, new wave, postpunk, punk, pyschosynthbilly, Rock N Roll, Sextile, SUICIDE, the cramps, THE SOFT MOON

Sextile Live The Lending Rooms Leeds 18th Jan 2018

Only just into 2018 and I could be wrong but I think have just witnessed the most exciting new band to debut in the UK this year. It’s the measure of a great band that you turn up expecting a good show but you end being blown away by the live performance. In the 80’s in regularly used to be case.

Sextile are very much enthused by the spirit of the the 80’s but give it a 21st century upgrade.

The live fusion of stand up drumming, korg synths and guitars and the intense vocals will blow you away! So much so you won’t realise they don’t have a bass player but with great layers of synths they don’t need one and it makes a positive difference.

Even a few technical problems doesn’t derail the pulsation of their live performance.

The live set is mainly a mix of their first album ‘A Thousand Hands’ and their current release ‘Albeit Living’

Stand out tracks like One Of These is like the perfect fusion between DAF/Absolute Body Control and The Jesus and Mary Chain Love it!

Who Killed Six I am sure if Lux from The Cramps heard this he would be grooving in his grave. Epic!

Ripped has a hint of A Flock Of Seagulls in the intro before Crampslike guitars crash in. Synths also remind me of A Crash Course In Science wow! Floored reminds me of early New Order and The Human League with a Sextile twist. Love it!

Sextile Live Record Junkie Sheffield 19th Jan 2018

Sterilized if The Cramps had used a synth it would have been as good as this. Epic!

Crisis a brilliant cramps synth fusion!

Sextile based on these two live shows can only get bigger. So get off your arse and go see them on tour now. Life’s too short to miss such great live gigs!

http://sextile.bigcartel.com/

THE LEATHER NUN -Whatever

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Garage Rock, Gothic Rock, Leather Nun, Rock N Roll, Swamp Rock, Swedish Rock N Roll Legends, The Leather Nun - Whatever, Wild Kingdom / Sound Pollution

24 Years after their last album Nun Permanent The Leather Nun return with their new album Whatever. The albums opens with All Those Crazy Dreams Jonas Almquist’s trademark vocals which have lost nothing with the passing of time. The song has an almost Bowie like feel but delivered in the familiar Leather Nun Style. Nice! Outside My Window and The Leather Nun open the throttle and unleash a pulsing, throbbing musical masterpiece. An A-Bomb for the dancefloor! Love it! Dancing In The Rain (I’m In Love) is an unexpected 31 second jazzlike handbrake.

Red Hot Gwen – opens with blueslike piano merging into rock n roll Leather Nun has a bit of a Swamp feel like La Muerte. Godtherapy– is a high octane blast through swamp rock country, the female vocals had a Suzi Quatro twist.Powerhouse rock! Just Like A Dream is the excellent single that heralded the return of The Leather Nun. Love the opening Violin which merges and weaves its way into one of the best rocking songs The Leather Nun has ever released. Love It!

Star(Yes You Are)– damn catchy restrained power rock song. Great! Not Afraid – What a great song it reminds me very much of the style of Peter Murphy’s Ninth album with a splash of violin but very much a classic, catchy Leather Nun song. Love it! Mainstream– against the mainstream thats how it should be. Great! For The Love Of Your Eyes – is a delightful reflective ballad. Another Rainy Day– continues the atmopheric downtempo theme. Candyass – brings the album to a close in a crescendo of sonic fusion.
This definately one of those albums that will grow on you the more you play it. A definate must for fans of The Leather Nun that will also attract a new mix of fans.

http://leathernun.deaf-dumb.com/

Jonas Almquist – The Leather Nun

The Leather Nun unlike a lot of bands haven’t reformed to jump aboard the postpunk train to nowhere, to rehash and live off past glories. They are back with an A-Bomb of a new album to tear up the bland music soundscape, and as nice as it might be to hear one or two old classics live, this album will be great live on its own! The only question left is when is the European tour as I for one can’t wait!