The Gay Blades are not a violent gay-rights gang, but are a great rock band.
The Jersey-duo have been on our radar for sometime now, and our interest was cemented by their amazing set at this year’s Dot to Dot Festival. They are getting loads of press and radio attention as well so we thought we’d let Heads Up readers know about them before they blow up which is likely when they release their debut long-player Ghosts on June 8 through Something in Construction.
Gay Blades play acerbic trash-pop, that predictably borrows from the rock pantheon whilst producing something unpredictable and filled to the brim with irony.
No two tracks are the same and ‘O Shot’ might just be the most rousing rock tune of 2009 – it’s all looking good for the Gay Blades.
Is this the sound of the next big thing or a sarcastic pastiche of rock history? We doubt Gay Blades care, and when the tunes sound this good, neither do we!
“Clark Westfield and Puppy Mills are bad, bad men and we love em’ – NME (we find ourselves agreeing).
Check out the bands video diary from their recent UK tour:
Clark Westfield plays a great unplugged cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Black or White’ for Planet Verge:
myspace.com/gayblades
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
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