The Motorettes

Manchester has distinctly quietened down since the departure of all the students fleeing home for the summer. The city has lost it’s fast paced track on life and now there is a better chance of actually attending a gig and being able to not only get into the venue, but also it’s become a lot easier to get closer to the stage and therefore increasing one’s chance to see the band.

Of course, the lack of people has also resulted in the frustrating decline in buses, which has increased the time it takes to catch one and therefore unpunctuality has become somewhat inevitable.

Such was the case as I walked into the scandalously empty Night and Day Café last night, holding dribs and drabs of Manchester’s population who sat in corners drinking beer under the fairy lights. To my utter dismay, I found out that I had missed Kubichek’s set by seconds and felt the high that the crowd had been left with from watching them. For any Editors fans reading this, I suggest you check out Kubichek as they are an amplified and improved version of them, and after talking to a random guy in the audience, he has assured me that they were “f*cking mint man!”.

The Motorettes bounded onto the stage as soon as I found a spot in the crowd, a 3 piece from Tynemouth with a rather indie-looking singer and a more trendy-looking bass player sporting a Newcastle United shirt with pride and an all over grade 2 hair style. The mix of these two character’s interested me from the start, I like bands that look like the members don’t quite fit together and yet seem to hold that key ingredient of unity that makes a set so enjoyable. The Motorettes fall under the “indie” category that is becoming vastly wide in it’s context, but they are unlike the mainstream indie dominating the charts this year, and whilst I wouldn’t go so far to say that they have an ultra unique sound, they do have a certain tone to their music that makes them irresistibly catchy. Songs such as “Super heartbeats” and “You gotta look the parts” ensured main guitarist Robin was moving his hand so fast I couldn’t actually see him strumming the strings anymore, and the beats and rhythms had me tapping my feet and clapping my hands. Jokes and banter occurred during songs, bringing the band down to our level as audience participators and not just paying customers. They gave us insight to their tour, to their music and most importantly to their personalities and the 45 minute set flew by in a blur of good music and a lot of laughter.

On a personal note, it was one of those perfectly enjoyable and feel-good gigs but I couldn’t exactly tell you why The Motorettes were so brilliant and restored my faith in Indie, so buy the new single “You gotta look the parts” and have a listen for yourselves.

FUTURE GIGS

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