Another Form of Relief

There are a number and probably quite boring reasons that have resulted in me telling you about this without a great deal of notice. Next week though, Another Form of Relief will be presenting another gig, in association with the good folks of the Life:Temper:Riot club night. Full details of the night are on the poster above, but if for some bizarre reason you can’t see it or something, here are the basics:

What? Another Form of Relief at Life:Temper:Riot.
Who? Royal Treatment Plant, Talk Taxis, Thomas Tantrum, Captain Phoenix.
When? Thursday 1 March (that’s next week!) at 8pm.
Where? The Horse & Groom, which can be located at 26 Curtain Road, Shoreditch. Which is in London.

So you get four excellent bands, in London, and it’ll only cost you a mere £3.99 to enter. You can’t really go wrong with that, can you? If you need further convincing, allow me to tell you about our bands:

Full of driving guitars and some fantastic passive-agressive vocals sung with an urgency that doesn’t often seem to crop up from female fronted British bands, Royal Treatment Plant are one of my surprise favourites from last year. It seems that the mainstream music outlets are catching on to them too with plays on Radio 1, 6Music and XFM in recent months. I didn’t expect to enjoy their CD when it dropped into my post box, but I found myself enjoying as much as some of my favourite albums. Which is a pretty impressive feat when it’s only a three track single. I enjoyed every song on there though, and exploring the songs that were available online turned out to be most fruitful. From the gentle builds to the full on riffs that seem to punctuate every song, Royal Treatment always seem to make for an often surprising, always satisfying listen.

MP3 Royal Treatment Plant - You Don’t Need Me (expired)
MP3 Royal Treatment Plant - Trained (expired)

Royal Treatment Plant: Website || Myspace

Talk Taxis are currently touring the UK in support of The Maccabees to sold out venues, attracting a lot of attention in the process. This is largely thanks to their daring sound, a wonderful combination of opposing influences. You’ll hear elements of funk, punk and dance mixed in with a more familiar indie rock sound, a move that should be destined to failure. Talk Taxis pull it off with such finesse that they sound like old pros, when in reality they only got together two years ago “with a shared enthusiasm for music and badgering inept tutors”. And if you don’t find a band that uses a stylophone “in Rolf Harris inspired moments” appealing, you obviously have no soul.

MP3 Talk Taxis - Publicity (expired)
MP3 Talk Taxis - Mother’s Eyes (expired)

Talk Taxis: Myspace

More female fronted rock goodness comes in the form of Southampton four-piece Thomas Tantrum. While you may not initially hear anything new in their music, as soon as the vocals kick in, you know you’re listening to something unique. It’s hard to put my finger on exactly what makes them so appealing, as lead singer Mega Thomas (seriously) has the kind of voice that sounds like it would be out of place in rock and/or roll. The able support of her band though means we’re left with songs that manage to get themselves stuck into your head without you even noticing.

Thomas Tantrum: Website || Myspace

Captain Phoenix are the kind of band that you know are going to be on the cover of NME sooner or later. Their sound seems to arrive already fully formed, expertly crafted songs that are already far better than the majority of things within that very magazine. After playing in excess of 100 gigs around their home town of Winchester, they are now doing much the same around London and the UK as a whole, bringing their sound to the unsuspecting masses.

Captain Phoenix: Website || Myspace

Convinced now? Excellent. We look forward to seeing you there.

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