A
Sort Of Homecoming
Mojo once
described Enormous as ‘Potential nouveau
powerpop colossi’ but on the brink of greatness,
the nucleus split and caused two cases of insanity,
drug addictions, broken hearts, ones demise in
a bizarre boating accident and the others resurface
in Mansfield’s Town Mill headlining with B-Movie on this sell out Thursday night.
Front man Davy Lawrence (one-time member of Slaughterhouse 5) enters the stage with a cool calm,
”Something in my heart tells me you know…”
as the bass adds depth to his broad croon and
the horns light up the room with a vibrant swell.
“Lets Run Away Together” has morphed
from nouveau powerpop to an in-tune, big sound
vintage classic with the forlorn spirit of immortal
country. Everything’s the same – music
from the heart, music from the blues with tales
of lost love but Strummer has met Orbison who
hitched a cloud with Cash who was watching over Clem Snide and Richard Hawley’s deliciously
melancholy tru-country vibe.
Famed for
their three minute power-pieces, the sentiment
of “My Type” is guilty of sounding
at least a little dated but “Here Comes
That Girl Again” takes on a whole new swing.
B-Movie take
the stage with an air of authority and an arrogant
late entry but complete with projector and slide
show leave me to concede they have a coolness
which undertook me back in the day. Their 80’s
electro sound would resonate in the current climate
of Hot Chip and MGMT if only the drummer had some
regard for metronomy. “Nowhere girl, your
living in a dream…” Still sounding
fresh, B-Movie look like they’d been dressed
from the wardrobe of Blade Runner and vintage
synths calve out a somber soundscape which leave
me transfixed.
Marilyn Dreams jogs another memory which awakes me from this
image induced overload and I make for the door.
If B-Movie had character they would be regarded
as gods and I had forgotten their solemn similarities
to Joy Division but can you imagine Joy Division without Curtis? Imagine Joy Division without individuality
and you would have B-Movie but don’t trust
me, trust this full house of advent lovers who
wont allow me to escape this precious drone. B-Movies place in history will happen in two years time
when Nowhere Girl gets picked up for a car commercial.
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Photos by Victoria Leadbeater |
