Everything else being equal, if you’re from the UK, it’s probably much easier to make it in music than if you’re from anywhere else. If, in top of that, you’re from a small town in the middle of England called Castle Donington, it’s not even a challenge anymore. This town, except being famous for its race track that will be home of the Formula One British Grand Prix next year, is also the home of the Download Festival, three days of more or less heavy metal music in the middle of June. It’s pretty good for a town of 7000 people, isn’t?
Late of the Pier is the band that comes from Castle Donington and they’re playing at Les Saints tonight. These guys were first known to me for Broken, an excellent song that appeared in a cool Fairy Lights mix on Kitsune Maison 5 in February last year. I haven’t heard their debut album that they released later in August, but from the songs that I’ve heard that are on it, such as The Bears are Coming, Space and the Woods, Focker and Heartbeat, I’m pretty sure it’s not bad.
Their music can be called, like so many bands, indie electronic, but they're different in that they also like to experiment with sounds and rythms, like they did with the African percussion in The Bears Are Coming or with the few 7/8 bars in the bridge of Broken. It's always good when bands experiment, as long as we can still call it music. With Late of the Pier, not only you can still call it music, but you’ll even be able to dance, if not to trash, on it. That’s probably what I’m gonna do tonight. See you there.
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