Colour, Tubelord @ Fighting Cocks, Kingston.

Tonight’s showcase of southern English Indy takes place in the twisting back rooms of a venue in the suburbs of London. Once we get into the venue, there's a fluorescent glow of the UV lights spat out across a zebra pattern covering the wall, startling my eyes. The mix of tones and lights is suitable for the first act Colour.

The band, recently recruiting ex-Meet Me In St. Louis bassist, Lewis, take to stage all looking like professional Indy kids straight out of your favourite Skins episode. Their music flows with complex melody structures leaving the audience tapping to the snap shot drum and bass structures created. The band engage triumphantly with their audience, clapping and singing in time to "Over The Moon", a track on the bands latest EP
Colour 4.5/5

Whilst the party poppers are popped, spinning in the fan above the stage, tonight's headliners, Tubelord, get things moving. Twiddling Indy guitars over grooving bass lines sets them apart from the NME centrefolds. Structure is the most important thing to this band, so important not to have one, rebelling against conventional song writing. Again the crowd get right into the mix of things, dancing and singing along to Big Scary Monsters latest signing. The generating Indy scene, seen here today, gets my heart racing. Exciting bands making great fresh music, witnessed by only the toilet tour audiences nationwide.
Tubelord 4/5

Colour

Tubelord