{"id":18315,"date":"2019-04-17T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=18315"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:00:37","slug":"review-spacetoast-and-george-pannell-at-the-shed-saturday-13-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-spacetoast-and-george-pannell-at-the-shed-saturday-13-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Spacetoast and George Pannell at The Shed, Saturday 13 April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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with Perm and Dum Language<\/h2>\n

Reviewed by Aleksandra Brzezicka.<\/a><\/p>\n

This event was organised by The Shed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ship Spacetoast<\/strong> came all the way from outer space to collapse at The Shed and smash it with the support of George Pannell<\/strong>, Dum Language<\/strong> and Perm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

First on, Perm was a bit like your local school band with an ambition to be the next big indie thing. They started off with perfectly pleasant Sober<\/em> to continue with Love In Summertime<\/em>. Going for the surf rock vibe, they\u2019ve got lost somewhere in between an attempt to play it cool and the chaos. While their version of Arctic Monkeys<\/strong> Where The Sun Goes Down<\/em> had the cheeky vigour of the original, same thing can\u2019t be said the cover of Tame Impala<\/strong> Feels Like We Only Go Backwards<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Perm need to find their sense of wholeness as a band if they want to go forward.<\/p>\n

\"\"Perm Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Dum Language played their very first gig and it wasn\u2019t dumb at all. They debuted with grungy\/emo Silk Road<\/em> with a few nice breakdowns and stepped up with controllably dirty Mr Noname<\/em>. While If You Wanna<\/em>, was a track to bounce along to when thinking about the wild adventure with your new crush, Face Off<\/em> was the one to crash the set. That sharp anti-ode to the \u2018strange sickening feeling in the stomach\u2019 caused by social media had both rock \u2018n\u2019 roll riffs with a punk twist and shouty vocal that went along with distorted noises. It got the best out of the whole band.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dum Language Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Co-headliner, George Pannell, makes music for kool kids of the post-hipsters era that can admire their playful indie pop with shoegazing tendencies. After starting off with a new, indie-spirited and bluntly noisy track, they enlightened the mood with Royal Affair<\/em>, an up-lifting youthful tune which upbeat melody that reminds a bit of Peter Bjorn And John<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then they jumped straight into Going Away<\/em> and got us suddenly dreaming about going camping at the sea on a sunny day. It was an ideal intro to the next one, Dreams<\/em>, the best track in its beautiful mellowness. They finished off with their newest, more indie rock influenced, single, Fade Away<\/em>.<\/p>\n

George Pannell\u2019s music is both easily digestive and sensually intellectual. They\u2019ve got me intrigued.<\/p>\n

\"\"George Pannell Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Spacetoast is the band we didn\u2019t know we needed. Dan Hewitt (vocals\/guitar), Matt Roulstone (bass), Eleanor Sanders (guitar) and Joe Hewitt (drums) bought together the rawness of punk and laid-back, grungy arrogance lightened up with the lively indie riffs to shake the crowd to the core. Stamping on the stage, they unleashed the first dose of fury with Wasted<\/em>, a shouty one with psycho breakdowns.<\/p>\n

\"\"Spacetoast Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

The 11 track set featured both covers and originals, moshpit initiating Love Machine<\/em>, perversely superior to original (sorry, Britney<\/strong>), Toxic<\/em> and mad \u2018n\u2019 wild I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor<\/em>, and other originals. Stranger<\/em>, \u2018about rapey guys,\u2019 with a don\u2019t-mess-with-me attitude and was a bold middle finger to the worst aspect of club culture.<\/p>\n

\u2018What the f***k is a truncheon?\u2019 shouted Dan, near the end of the night, as an intro to Truncheon-25 and threw himself in the crowd. I still don\u2019t know what a truncheon is but I\u2019m sure as hell that soon enough everyone will know what Spacetoast is.<\/p>\n

\"\"Spacetoast Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Watch the video below for an interview with Spacetoast and their performance of Truncheon 25 on the night:
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