Review - Exciting indie supergroup provide break from the norm (From Stroud News and Journal)

Review - Exciting indie supergroup provide break from the norm

REVIEW Brakes Hub Collective at Stroud Subscription Rooms. Friday, April 21.

I SAW live music on three nights at the weekend but of all the bands I heard one song is still pumping around my cerebral cortex.

Brakes' All Night Disco Party has firmly embedded its infectious danceable hooks in my head and has taken up squatters' rights.

The band pulls together members of Brighton-based British Sea Power and Electric Soft Parade - two of the finest acts gracing the indie scene in recent years.

And this fusion has produced a band which unleashes tunes that thunder at you like an unstoppable locomotive, dragging on board even the most apathetic onlooker.

This performance assaulted every emotion.

Songs ranged from short, sharp, spasms of angst and frustration to tender laments on love and beauty.

And the venue for this homecoming gig could not have been bettered.

Frontman and former Marling School pupil Eamon Hamilton appeared to be enjoying himself as much as the crowd, recalling stories about growing up in Stroud, including breaking into Rodborough Fort.

He might be short and skinny, but Eamon dominated the stage, strumming furiously on his acoustic guitar.

With sweat pouring down his face, he oozed charisma and his wry sense of humour and poignant, well-crafted lyrics make Brakes an irresistible must-see band with a great future.