The Sounds!

Imagine my horror as I turn up to a gig apparently fronted by a leggy Swedish lesbian and end up with some bloke’s legs around my neck and his cock and balls in my face!

That’s correct, this was The Sounds in concert at the Carling Academy, and I was especially excited after seeing the cover to one of their albums:-



Cough (boobies) cough! Anyway, after a long wait for them to come on stage, the wait consisting of performances by two LA groups called "Low Vs Diamond" (who’s lead singer bore a striking resemblance to Jonathan Richman) and the crowd-diving "Under The Influence Of Giants" (who’s lead singer bore a striking resemblance to the love child of Mick Jagger and an arsehole, and had the unfortunate aim of the landing in the crowd with his legs wither side of my head!), Maja Ivarsson and her boys finally made their way onto stage. It was at this point that everyone started surging towards the stage – to which Saf and I were standing quite close.



Pretty damn good performance from the little-known five piece. Some rip-roaring tracks, only three of which I vaguely knew, and some high-octane energy from the high-kicking Maja herself. It almost ended in disaster with a badly-timed crowd-dive towards the end – occurring during a seizure-inducing light show – whereby only Maja’s legs were caught in time and her head nearly plummeted towards the ground. She was saved by a female groupie who grabbed her, kissed her, and declared her love for her. You usually have to pay good money for that sort of action…

Anyway, aside from an attempted pick-pocketing it was an excellent night out. And at a measly £8.50, you couldn’t go wrong!