With an inventively named line-up consisting of George Pringle, Cut Off Your Hands and of course, headliners, Does It Offend You, Yeah? it looked as if the night was to be an interesting one. Which indeed it was.
First up, George Pringle turns out to be a girl. Unfortunately for her and the audience, technical difficulties – namely a dodgy mic – means she spends the majority of her set slagging off the soundman. Maybe her Mike Skinner-esque rapping over music from an ipod was actually good, but nobody heard it nor cared after the on-stage saga.
Moving swiftly on, Cut Off Your Hands prove to be a lot more fun. Lead singer Nick immediately launches himself into the audience, who obligingly bop along. In fact, it’s hard to resist their catchy powerpop, especially as the band are so enthusiastic. Albeit their songs all began to sound pretty similar but they serve their purpose perfectly as a warm-up for Does It Offend You, Yeah?
For those familiar with DIOYY?’s single “We Are Rockstars,” you will know that it is the dance-rock tune of the moment, with vocoder-galore and a great big dirty bass line. Now imagine this in a tiny, underground room, a foot-high stage, no barrier and one hundred people ready to rave their asses off. A recipe for mayhem? You betcha.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? get up there on stage and ferociously play their instruments with wicked glee, singer and guitarist Morgan Quaintance bouncing around on stage. And the audience respond just as energetically by….er, not exactly dancing – impossible in the crowded conditions – but moshing. It would seem that DIOYY? have succeeded in creating what Morgan describ
es as “electronic music with guitars.”
The repetitive “With A Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)” with semi-shouted lyrics builds the atmosphere to a near frenzy when the song reached its crescendo. Instrumental “Battle Royale” is also clearly popular, complete with all the brrrps an electro fan could want. In a similar vein, “Attack of the 60ft Lesbian Octopus” could actually be off the “Return to the Forbidden Planet” soundtrack as it musically narrates the exact subject of the title.
“Let’s Make Out,” a particular crowd favourite, is delivered with full power high-pitched yelps from Morgan, despite him expressing concern about his voice. But nothing matches the reaction for finale “We Are Rockstars.” Bassist James Rushent and main songwriter, dressed in a bright green hoody, delivers vocals whilst staring trance-like into space. It’s a sharp contrast to the exuberant, forever-grinning Morgan, who earlier in the set, stripped his top off whilst singing Nelly’s “It’s Getting Hot In Here.” It’s an odd pair of frontmen. Yet the evident energy that all four members put into the show is what makes Does It Offend You, Yeah? one of the best live experiences of the moment.
First up, George Pringle turns out to be a girl. Unfortunately for her and the audience, technical difficulties – namely a dodgy mic – means she spends the majority of her set slagging off the soundman. Maybe her Mike Skinner-esque rapping over music from an ipod was actually good, but nobody heard it nor cared after the on-stage saga.
Moving swiftly on, Cut Off Your Hands prove to be a lot more fun. Lead singer Nick immediately launches himself into the audience, who obligingly bop along. In fact, it’s hard to resist their catchy powerpop, especially as the band are so enthusiastic. Albeit their songs all began to sound pretty similar but they serve their purpose perfectly as a warm-up for Does It Offend You, Yeah?
For those familiar with DIOYY?’s single “We Are Rockstars,” you will know that it is the dance-rock tune of the moment, with vocoder-galore and a great big dirty bass line. Now imagine this in a tiny, underground room, a foot-high stage, no barrier and one hundred people ready to rave their asses off. A recipe for mayhem? You betcha.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? get up there on stage and ferociously play their instruments with wicked glee, singer and guitarist Morgan Quaintance bouncing around on stage. And the audience respond just as energetically by….er, not exactly dancing – impossible in the crowded conditions – but moshing. It would seem that DIOYY? have succeeded in creating what Morgan describ
es as “electronic music with guitars.”The repetitive “With A Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)” with semi-shouted lyrics builds the atmosphere to a near frenzy when the song reached its crescendo. Instrumental “Battle Royale” is also clearly popular, complete with all the brrrps an electro fan could want. In a similar vein, “Attack of the 60ft Lesbian Octopus” could actually be off the “Return to the Forbidden Planet” soundtrack as it musically narrates the exact subject of the title.
“Let’s Make Out,” a particular crowd favourite, is delivered with full power high-pitched yelps from Morgan, despite him expressing concern about his voice. But nothing matches the reaction for finale “We Are Rockstars.” Bassist James Rushent and main songwriter, dressed in a bright green hoody, delivers vocals whilst staring trance-like into space. It’s a sharp contrast to the exuberant, forever-grinning Morgan, who earlier in the set, stripped his top off whilst singing Nelly’s “It’s Getting Hot In Here.” It’s an odd pair of frontmen. Yet the evident energy that all four members put into the show is what makes Does It Offend You, Yeah? one of the best live experiences of the moment.
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