Sunday, April 8th, 2007
The Cut-outs @ The Pleasure Unit, 4th April 2007
The handy thing about the Pleasure Unit is being able to nip back to the flat between bands and say, check emails, or put a washing on. On average you can catch about two and a half bands without putting too much of a dent in your Wednesday evening. I arrived halfway through a loud and uninspiring set from a band who’s name I can’t remember/couldn’t make out (”…check us out at mumblemumble.co.uk…”).
Following that, it seems we have three young ladies suitably punked up taking to the stage - the lead singer in standard issue Ramones t-shirt. “Of course”, I recall from the poster I passed at the front door, “this must be The Ramonas”. Oh dear another substandard Ramones tribute band. To my surprise, they actually turn out to be pretty good. Secondly, they’re not a tribute band at all - shit, these are actuyally their own songs! The final twist? They’re not called The Ramonas at all, they’re also called mumble mumble.
It all becomes clear when the headline band take to the stage, all brown leather jackets and bowlcuts and keyboard players - crucially though, their singers speaking voice is clear as day. They’re called “For Ramona”. My mistake. But they’re definitely rubbish, time to go hang that washing up.
http://www.myspace.com/thecutoutsband
http://www.pleasureunitbar.com/
