Samsa / Nathaniel Green / The Whippets / I Concur

I Concur are a delightful band to listen to; especially with the eerie guitars and notes produced up on the high end of the fret board. The Leeds lads have an Americana sound to them, but with a distinctive British style. The crowd is practically none existent, but singer Tim Hann thanks those here for coming out early on a Monday night, even though it is 8.45pm.



The indie side of their music is easy to listen to and draws you in, but the noise from the distortion pedals clings to your ears and you can’t help but hear. The quality of the sound could be a little better; it does sound overly fuzzy (though we are told that one of the guitars is playing up).

The Whippets here tonight are not the 1964 girl group but Wakefield’s own potty poodles. All dressed in white with different coloured ties of rags wrapped around their person somewhere (the Rambo headband is my favourite), these are one of the winners of the long running Bright Young Things competition in Leeds, as well as favourites of Steve Lamacq.



Their sound is similar to that of other local band Pylon, who they support next month. Alternative indie with a punch; they play their instruments together on stage but how they like, and it all falls together naturally.

The majority of the crowd here tonight are here for Wakefield’s Nathaniel Green and their acoustic folk. The duo are in a good mood tonight; joking about jobs and how their day’s been. Starting with my favourite of ‘That's Where They Buried The Giant’ we are told a little about each song in a little intro (this particular one about a hill on the way into Crofton). Either they haven’t told us the meanings before or I have always been to drunk or half asleep to hear them.


The mixture of acoustic guitar and battered old electric piano are still nice and original to hear, especially overlaid with the beautiful harmonies from these two. Tonight they have a few new songs for us, and are accompanied by a guy on the fiddle (with no previous practice), who does an excellent job creating a fuller sound. Maybe they need to add a little bit more fiddle more of the time...

I left shortly after Samsa hit the stage. Nothing to do with them, the time was rolling on and I am no longer a student who can stay up all night watching / harping the answers at the screen during sh*tty rip off Quiznight after a long night of supping cheap lager in a pub that seems to never shut.



The bit I did catch was interesting, with confident band members producing loud-quiet pieces of music with enthralling vocals all played with much talent. It’s a shame a lot of the crowd also left after Nathaniel Green’s set; I can only say that Leeds can not be local enough for some to support.

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