Friday 24th June 05 - Fifty-Nine Violets, the Applewhites, The Vels and Kohiba at The Music Man (2/4) By Michelle Dee Photos by Darren Rogers

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First up were heavy Emo rock outfit Kohiba, fresh from playing a performance car festival in Harrogate where they pulled in a two hundred strong crowd. Theirs is a name not widely known this side of the river, though with the recent surge of venues catering for this genre that position will change for sure. The band hails from Barton and consists of Nathan Kerrins on lead guitar and vocals, bass player Harry Johnson, and on drums the skeletal Tom Lee. The band plays a style of rock metal low on lyrical content but heavy on invention and experimentation.

With songs lasting anywhere up to seven or eight minutes, incorporating lots of different guitar parts, I began to feel a lack of direction a clear defined sound. A strong guitar part in the right place elevates a song and an audience; these ones just didn't serve their purpose.

However, the rhythms were tight albeit lacking in shape to the overall drum sound. It must be said that the crowd tonight was made up of mostly Indie fans so their task was not an easy one. Kohiba took the opportunity to play tracks from their new three-track EP titled Military Attaché, recorded at the Birdsound Studios in Ashby. They chose a Nirvana cover for their penultimate song, which got a few heads nodding and elicited the biggest cheer from the crowd. Catch Kohiba at the Carnival Inn, Barton soon and look out for them playing again in Hull in July/August.

Next were relative new comers to the Hull scene The Vels. As reported before they are making all the right moves and recently landed themselves a support slot at The Ringside Venue with The Senses, a local punk rock band, popular with The Paddingtons. They open with the short and sweet I get high then straight into Your Lover giving lead vocalist Danny the chance to stretch his epiglottis on the high notes. More of the old vocal routine is in evidence during Trouble with you. One of the reasons this four piece works so well is, Craig's semi-acoustic guitar riffs.

The lack of the usual electric sound creates the space for Alfie's bass lines to drive and shape the songs. It is good to hear a bass part given prominence in this way. Alfie takes up the challenge and more than succeeds with style and class. Simone is like a lager soaked twenty-pound note, screwed up and shoved in Pete Doherty's back pocket. It comes out a little creased but still undeniably rock 'n' roll currency. Craig perches on a high stool, as the story of when Carl Barrat infamously spent a night partying with various members of our musical fraternity is told during the almost eponymous Mr Barrett.

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