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Gnod playing in Reading? At South Street Arts Centre! I cannot miss this...
A cold Thursday night beckons, get there early, get some drinks in and see the support, Typical Hunks, a local band. Checked them out on Bandcamp, sound OK - always good to hear new bands. Yep, nicely set up for the evening.
Typical Hunks took to the stage - a two-piece, guitar, bass and a drum machine - let's hear it for the trusty drum machine, a revival, perhaps?
Didn't warm to them at first, but as the drum machine cranked up, more rhythmic numbers were played. Bass lines and drum patterns snaking around each other, sprinkled atop with angular, spiky guitar lines and equally spiky vocals. The magic formula slowly emerged. Thirty minutes or so later, they were spent, done.
Would I seek them out? Maybe - if they were on the bill, I'd watch them. Figure there was a kernel of something in their tunes that could become something interesting...
Grab another drink ahead of Gnod...
Wasn't sure what the line-up was going to be - sometimes two drummers, two bass players and two guitars - tonight there was only one bass, but oh what a bass...
Read the rest here: Nine Feet Underground
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