Windum Earl Wednesday 7th July Ringside, Beverley Road, Hull By Daniel Laney

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It's been a while since my last review so I was more than delighted to write about a band I have never seen before. To me Wednesday's have always sucked in a huge way since someone decided to close down Room. Television on Wednesday is mind numbing (when is it ever good)? And everyone now seems to enjoy going to the very glitzy and American Pozition.

But tonight would change my views and prove that not all Wednesdays are turd. I have been to The Ringside a few times, once I was under the influence, the second time I was full of cold and the audience turn out wasn't the most impressive and so being able to walk into this fifties style venue and be sober and surrounded by quite a large gathering of people was a pleasant surprise.

Not knowing what Windum Earl was going to sound like was not worrying, but more exciting. The atmosphere in the room was really pleasant and welcoming and bar one I think I was the youngest member of the audience so I was expecting a more mature sound.

Now I must admit I'm not a connoisseur of Grunge music and therefore if I try and place Windum Earl into this category don't be annoyed. But the methods these three local young men have used when creating music certainly reminds me of melodic Pearl Jam, The Bends by Radiohead and a lullaby style that Alice In Chains had been known to produce once in a while, and of course a Nirvana cover also sways my argument on the grunge subject.

But lets not get too bogged down trying to put everything into a category. It's always a treat seeing Stu from The Freaks Union and the late Whizzwood (R.I.P) make a return to behind the drumkit and play some really intricate beats that control the crowd like a whip. The guitar and bass' heavy sound that comes through is melodic but also heavy. It would have been nice to hear the vocals a little louder through the PA, however what I did hear were welcome. Soft and aggressive and vocals that play on words definitely prove that Windum Earl should deserve your love and respect as a very talented and original local band.

Pack a sofa when you watch this band play, it was just nice to relax and watch some great musicians create a soothing soundtrack to what could have been yet another brain imploding Wednesday evening.

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