The 02 in Liverpool is much like venues across northern England; what were once powerhouses, literally, of industry are now clubs and flats. And thus the dressing rooms at the 02 are made of bare brick, with iron pipes that run up the walls doubling as pillars. For a southerner, the austere architecture and people that may as well, frankly, be foreign, are alien enough, but when I started hearing sounds coming out of said pipes, that took the tasty rider biscuit.
Following the sound's trail I came upon Balloons (listed as 'Ballons', the fools) who were playing the second room underneath the main stage. There's something about them that yells "Dream band, we're your dream band". Maybe the singer was singing those exact words. He could have been certainly. They have Junos which is always a plus and their tracks have a warm quality which is something I aim for in my own recording. They're urgent and angular and flirt with the zeitgeist without actually being in it.
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Be sure to check out sister band Indica Ritual too.
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