{"id":30930,"date":"2025-05-29T18:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=30930"},"modified":"2025-07-04T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:29:15","slug":"gig-review-eryx-london-at-duffys-bar-saturday-17th-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/gig-review-eryx-london-at-duffys-bar-saturday-17th-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gig review &#8211; Eryx London at Duffy&#8217;s Bar, Saturday 17th May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h2>with Wolves in Alcatraz and New Age Grace<\/h2>\n<p>Reviewed by Thomas Needham<\/p>\n<p>Photographed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevin.gaughan.146\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Gaughan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wolvesinalcatraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves in Alcatraz<\/a><\/strong> belatedly took to the stage, I fiddled away with my camera&#8217;s settings, desperately trying to push that one Dick and Dom in da Bungalow song to the back of my mind. For better or worse, any preoccupation I had about how that awful, mangy feline managed to rhyme \u2018Trent\u2019 three consecutive times was dashed by the feverish, scratchy opening to \u2018Smith Williams Jones\u2019. An unhinged, structure-defying Frankenstein of a song, Wolves in Alcatraz have their cake and eat it too. Toss <em>Paradise City<\/em> and <em>It\u2019s The End of The World As We Know It<\/em>\u00a0into a tray, add a dollop of Pearl Jam, whack it in an oven and set to the same temperature as Hell\u2019s waiting room. Not hell- just warm enough to start getting nervous. Deliciously over-the-top, it\u2019s the kind of thing that shouldn\u2019t work but does.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30931\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5051.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5051.jpg?resize=1001%2C667\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5051.jpg?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5051.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5051.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wolves in Alcatraz. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The set only featured three songs from their 2022 debut outing, <em>This Isn\u2019t Art\u2026 This is Rock N Roll<\/em>, with the band instead delivering a variety of new songs. While Ben\u2019s aside to \u2018go f**king mental\u2019 during the solo of <em>Savage Love<\/em> was instead met by people simply enjoying the ride, heads daintily bobbing along, the real highlight of the set was <em>More<\/em>. The audience may not have moshed the night away but the crowd was more than happy to chant along to a song that captures a manic, rabid energy that gives a subtle, perhaps unintentional nod to <em>Focus<\/em> by Hocus Pocus. As an aside: to the heckler that told them to do a cover of Electric Six\u2019s <em>Gay Bar<\/em>, you are so right, next time Wolves in Alcatraz grace us with their presence I hope it makes an appearance in their set, after all Luke already has the drum roll locked down in <em>Breed<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30932\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5070.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5070.jpg?resize=628%2C1001\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5070.jpg?w=628&amp;ssl=1 628w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5070.jpg?resize=600%2C956&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5070.jpg?resize=94%2C150&amp;ssl=1 94w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wolves in Alcatraz. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite <em>Red Top Agenda<\/em> taking aim at Britain\u2019s political and press elite, it excels as a showcase of the band\u2019s musical chops rather than particularly effective or unique messaging (more on this later). Ben Lesse\u2019s vocals were at full throttle; it\u2019s a testament to his ability that it didn\u2019t give out once, not one song was immune to at least one all-out vocal tirade. I\u2019m admittedly a sucker for when bands have brief, building interludes that pull the guitar and vocals away- some may call it a tired gimmick, sure, but I\u2019ll always love hearing a band\u2019s rhythm section receive the due regard they deserve. Bassist Dave Owen certainly gives the goods and poor Luke Morgan, the band\u2019s drummer, deserves special kudos for bestowing Duffy\u2019s with an incessant and wonderfully indulgent performance for 40 straight minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The size of the audience and the intensity of the performance had promptly turned the stage into an impromptu sauna marking the first time I\u2019ve ever been truly jealous that Kevin (the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actual <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">photographer) was in shorts. It was while promptly fleeing to stock up on refreshments, that it became clear to me that Wolves in Alcatraz had vindicated themselves; they are indeed, \u2018a force to be reckoned with\u2019. The set may have grown a little repetitive for me personally but there\u2019s no doubting the technical ability on show. If you&#8217;re a hard-rock fan, you\u2019ll certainly get a kick out of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I had a penny for everytime a band played a song called <em>Satellites<\/em> at Duffy\u2019s Bar on the 17th May, I\u2019d have two pennies, which isn\u2019t a lot, but it\u2019s funny it happened twice. Despite this, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAgeGrace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Age Grace<\/a><\/strong> brought a contrasting gothic-rock sound to the evening and their own commendable drummer in Chris Swirles, whose syncopated hi-hats in the aforementioned <em>Satellites<\/em> and his martial rhythm in <em>Porcelain<\/em> brought the necessary juice to really bring the band together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30933\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5114.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5114.jpg?resize=1001%2C667\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5114.jpg?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5114.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5114.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Age Grace. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Kenny Cassells\u2019 despondent, droning, reverb-soaked guitar licks straight out of bands like Bauhaus and Tomasz Csabi\u2019s simple yet solid bass, the band is dominated front-and-centre by the refrains of vocalist Amy Louise. <em>Not Like Them<\/em> gave her the space for a sustained serenade that tumbled gracefully over an ever-cascading instrumental, truly bringing the best out of the band. However it was their newest material, <em>Mechanical Heart<\/em> that really caught my attention; with vocals like a boomerang, wrapping around the refrain \u2018round and round and-\u2019, it\u2019s easily the catchiest showcase of Amy\u2019s commanding ability, and if push came to shove, my favourite song of the entire evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bassist Tomasz Csabi is absolutely solid with his grooves but his abilities are only really highlighted on <em>Wake<\/em> and <em>Without Conscience<\/em>\u00a0with a not-so-sneaky nod to Kate Bush\u2019s <em>Running Up That Hill<\/em> attached. The swanky running bass in the latter song gives me hope that in new material the bass will have a greater focus. Their website may well describe the bass as \u2018understated\u2019 but in a band positively brimming with bombast, it\u2019s important to highlight because working on this will bring New Age Grace to the next level. There\u2019s great potential here and with new material already being recorded, New Age Grace have much more left to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you ever feel lost, as if you\u2019ve seen all life has to offer, let me bestow upon you some sage advice I\u2019ve acquired in my old age &#8211; if a band touts a theremin, everything will be just fine. And if you need that kind of action in your life then let me have the pleasure of introducing you to the Nottingham-based headliners, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EryxLondon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eryx London<\/a>,<\/strong> who for all intents and purposes, are more pedal than man.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rhythm section\u2019s made up of bassist Ali Findlay and drummer Colin Ward; their contributions may be simple but they\u2019re meticulously refined to allow for open improvisation and frenetic tinkering. For example, while the album version of <em>I am<\/em> has fairly straight-forward drumming, the decision to bring in a funky, hi-hat swing midway through the chorus granted the song its own unique place within the setlist that I\u2019d previously overlooked. Findlay and Ward are the anchors for the group&#8217;s bad cop, bad cop routine, comprised of vocalist Eryx Ward and guitarist Reuben Jones who is, in reality, a grand warlock of miscellaneous gizmos and doodads. His arch alchemy of these dark arts alongside a perpetually distorting, ever contorting guitar is as playful as it is integral to curating the band&#8217;s sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30934\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5156.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5156.jpg?resize=1001%2C522\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5156.jpg?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5156.jpg?resize=600%2C313&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5156.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eryx London. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the performance began it was clear Eryx London\u2019s brand of industrial punk is meditative and measured, yet constantly on the verge of going loco. With the flashy lighting system that had previously dominated the support acts being pulled, you are left simply with Eryx, who interweaves a concoction of breathy, haunting whispers and defiant, raspy screams teeming with anticipation before inexplicably\u00a0 The nuances of her performance are capped off with an all-enveloping Kubrick stare that\u2019s as mesmerising as it is a cause to prompt one&#8217;s fight or flight response. When I say her stage presence has a Medusa-like quality, I promise I mean it entirely positively. It\u2019s a sense of aesthetics unmatched by their contemporaries; clashing styles ever jostling for your attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their set was made up almost entirely of the debut 2023 album <em>Blagger<\/em>, opening with a 9-minute retention of <em>Black Snow (it\u2019s for you)<\/em>, full of building tension, warbling synths and soundscapes straight out of the BBC\u2019s defunct Radiophonic Workshop. While I prefer <em>Broken<\/em> and <em>U don\u2019t like your girlfriend<\/em>, the title track <em>Blagger<\/em> is the best example of the band\u2019s restrained \u2018looping\u2019 technique- think LCD Soundsystem or better yet, <em>Remain in Light<\/em>-era Talking Heads. Eryx London builds upon the dissonance of a simple rim click-kick drum combo and three-note bass sequence before subsuming hammer-ons, increasingly precise picking and a tom-dominated (tominated?) backbeat. Reuben ran wild throughout this song, using the neck of his guitar to archically wrangle his theremin as he exhaustively fiddled around with his extensive pedal collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My draw to Eryx London comes from this distinct sound, rather than the lyrical content of their songs, take for example a certain song about politicians that begins a \u2018c\u2019 and ends in a \u2018t\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30935\" style=\"width: 1001px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5170.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30935\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5170.jpg?resize=1001%2C667\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5170.jpg?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5170.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5170.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eryx London. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll compare\u2026 <em>Cult<\/em> to Paul McCartney\u2019s <em>Big Boys Bickering<\/em> &#8211; despite being sonic worlds apart, each song attempts to convey political discontent that\u2019s effectively opaque with a swelling finale to boot. The sentiment that politicians are \u2018useless\u2019, and \u2018scum\u2019 and \u2018f**cking it up for everyone\u2019 is timeless, sure, and this isn\u2019t an issue exclusive to Eryx London, but songs like <em>Cult<\/em> and Wolves in Alcatraz\u2019s <em>Red Top Agenda<\/em>, feel as though they are retreading old ground and picking low hanging fruit. The issue isn\u2019t the sentiment, it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">punk, or even that these songs are \u2018bad\u2019, they\u2019re not, &#8211; there\u2019s just so little to take away from them that they become harmless. Perhaps the most punk thing a band could do today is make a pro-political song\u2026 punkception. Perchance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Last song for A<\/em> was a hauntingly tender finale that truly put Eryx in the proverbial spotlight. With a lamenting performance at odds with a persona characterised by its depersonalised, stand-offishness. The band deserved every second of the encore, showcasing a new song <em>Flags<\/em> as a final victory lap; a distillation of the band\u2019s philosophy and a great step forward. Each band I\u2019ve written about today is in the process of writing or recording new material, so keep your eyes peeled; there\u2019s plenty of music coming out of the Midlands for your listening pleasure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I may have had to bunk off Eurovision this year, but, cap in hand, I don\u2019t think I missed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">too <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much. The breadth of talent on showcase and the hefty turnout (which in my experience is characteristic of Duffy\u2019s Bar), I\u2019d say each band would do far better than our annual \u2018nil points\u2019, but I wouldn\u2019t want to do a disservice to Leicester\u2019s music scene by comparing it to Eurovision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to share this review, please help us by using the share buttons below instead of a screen print \u2013 thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">with Wolves in Alcatraz and New Age Grace Reviewed by Thomas Needham Photographed by Kevin Gaughan As Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s Wolves in Alcatraz belatedly took to the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/gig-review-eryx-london-at-duffys-bar-saturday-17th-may-2025\/\" title=\"Gig review &#8211; Eryx London at Duffy&#8217;s Bar, Saturday 17th May 2025\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":30936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[346,216],"tags":[316],"class_list":["post-30930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-346","category-gig_reviews","tag-alt-rock-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5149.jpg?fit=1001%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-82S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30113,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/gig-review-virginias-wolves-at-firebug-saturday-8th-july-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":30930,"position":0},"title":"Gig review &#8211; 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