You Say Party! We Say Die! / Tapes n Tapes

Tapes n Tapes opened the Manchester Music Box with a fierce sense of enthusiasm and a determined will to get the crowd moving. The US quartet all looked startlingly young on the small propped stage, launching into the tracks from their debut LP (released this summer) entitled “The Loon.” Instantly, the crowd started moving and shaking to the consistent drumbeats and the shockingly good vocals of lead singer Josh Grier. Each song was easily categorised but at the same time, diverse in it’s own right.

The set held seven strong songs but seemed to pass over all too quickly, midway the crowd had really got going especially when “Just like drums” came on and guitar swinging action incurred. Unlike many bands of this certain calibre, Tapes n Tapes really do sound better live than they do on CD, and carry a certain style in their performance that is easily recognised as “young talent.”

You say party! We say die! Literally jumped onto the stage buzzing with energy and ready to keep the already enthralled crowd going til the end. Falling in to the same genre of punk meets disco beats, the band has similar sounds to that of Helpshecantswim and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Their energy was contagious, launching right into their self-titled album whilst bouncing around on the stage and encouraging the audience to come and dance with them.

Songs included “you did it!” and the delectable “he! she! you! me! they! we! us! ok!”. Their set was raw in an enjoyable way, they didn’t sound perfect and practiced but then this kind of music never does, and the sometimes off key vocals made the set seem more real and live. They kept the crowd entertained, although they are one of those annoying bands that tend to use the exclamation mark too much in their song titles just for the sake for it (I really don’t get this new trend of emphasizing everything that is said with !!!!) but for such an enjoyable gig, surely they can be forgiven for this.

Both bands provided the goods, different enough from each other to keep us entertained, but similar enough to believe that they were justified in touring together. A hopeful look into something that could save the NME.

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