Myspace Bleep Bleep Tour - Pull Tiger Tail / Ali Love / Hadouken

The MySpace generation have come out to play – and on a school night, too!

Leeds’ Cockpit filled with excitable teens and a dash of bemused students on Sunday for the Leeds leg of the Myspace tour. Freebies such as lurid t-shirts and glowsticks (many of which are snapped, thrown or smeared by the excitable crowd) kept the youngsters amused whilst anticipation for Hadouken built. Despite being first on they draw the biggest crowd, and clearly have a growing cult following amongst the scenesters of Leeds. Their bass-driven, vulgar beats are offset by Dizzie Sovereign style vocals delivered by a skinny indie boy with chiselled cheekbones and a slightly suspicious sounding mockney accent. The combination is fresh and noisy, their set energising and tight, and their tunes (most notably ‘Superstar’ ‘That boy, that girl’ and the ‘Bounce’) are captivating, despite lacking direction and melody at times.

Second on the bill is the much more uncontroversial Ali Love and his band, who appear out of step with both the tour and the crowd. They pale in comparison with the energy of Hadouken; lacking a coherent sound or the supportive crowd that so defined their set. Opening with ‘Rebound Lover,’ their poppy, mid-tempo and radio-friendly tunes are inoffensive and disappointing – and Mr. Love knows it. Of the few that dance, most appear to be taking the piss or have just had a bit too much coca-cola, and the stage invasion that occurs towards the end of the set says more about the bored crowd than it does about the uninspiring music. Their retro sound switches between camp, Jamiroquai-esque funk and poor quality pop-rock, but their set is lifted by their closing track ‘K hole’, which stood out as very different to the rest of their stuff and the best of a bad bunch.

After a short wait, three-piece outfit Pull Tiger Tail emerge; their sound characterised by stuttering guitars, shaky vocals and an upbeat melodic sound, comparative with Bloc Party, or Interpol when they’re feeling less moody. Forthcoming single ‘Lets Lightning’ builds to a passionate crescendo and the jangly, uplifting ‘Animator’ is a standout track, but despite being tighter and more memorable than Hadouken they struggled to whip up the same level of enthusiasm from the crowd.

However, they appeared to have more substance and longevity than Hadouken, and the accessiblilty of their soaring and thoughtful melodies, along with the support from Radio 1’s Colin Murray, could be a recipe for widespread success, whilst Hadouken may find themselves held back by their more novelty sound and the hype surrounding them.

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