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PREVIEW
Faithful City Shows Presents:
River Jumpers, Holy,
Guerilla Monsoon, Gooche
Drummonds, Worcester|Wed 18th March
A Wednesday night in Drummonds was the venue for Lee
Jackson and his new venture Faithful City Shows. The doors
opened and the crowds flooded in.
First on stage and making their debut was the three piece
indie college band Gooche. A little nervy at first in front of a
full house, they gave a brave performance of their own
original songs. As they grew in confidence they showed
enough promise for people to take note and mark them down
as ones to watch for in the near future.
Holy
River Jumpers
Next on stage came Guerilla Monsoon. Four Midlanders
with punk at heart. It’s great to see a band at the top of their
game enjoying performing so much. Raw energy and
contagious smiles flowed from their front-man, as the whole
band played their fast and furious set with impeccable timing
and gusto. Pure brilliance.
Third up was the enigmatic Holy. Worcester’s own protopunk
indie rockers. A provocative performance with
subversive undertones. Guitar interlaced with keyboards,
backing up the deliberate emotionally delivered lyrics. Holy
have a style all of their own.
Last but not least came the River Jumpers. These Brighton
based punks where making their first visit to Worcester as
part of their latest UK tour. Up beat and melodic songs with
lyrics delivered on the bounce encouraged many to join the
dance. Their catchy choruses clearly drew in and caught the
empathy of the crowd. Great fun. If you didn't like this band.
You could always 'blame the postman'.
Show number one has to be put down as a great success.
So what next. Fights and Fires, Not Scientists, Dee Cracks
and Transmissions have all been signed up for show number
two. Can't wait.
Words & Pics Duncan Graves
20 SLAP MARCH