Friday 24th June 05 - Fifty-Nine Violets, the Applewhites, The Vels and Kohiba at The Music Man (3/4) By Michelle Dee Photos by Darren Rogers

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The band was blasé about the adulation being heaped on Carl and there were one or two frank exchanges between them before dawn. The song is a tongue and cheek apology for their drunken antics that night. More of that rich Northern humour is clearly evident when you examine the title closely. With Craig taking the lead, Danny and Alfie alternate on vocals accompanying his deep blues finger picking sound. The Vels are very much at home on the stage and the appealing group have certainly found inspiration, as one of their song titles suggest. Now we wait to see exactly what they decide to do with such a precious commodity.

Third on tonight were robust band the Applewhites; they choose Old Routine as their lively opener, which immediately highlights the complimentary tones of Tom and Ash's vocals. The track Two Stops features phet-fuelled riffs from Tom on lead guitar and some split second timing from James on drums. Looking out on a wasteland of guitar blares, blasts and bass-lines a desperate paranoid sound scape is fashioned. The dirty post-punk revival continues during You think you're Cool and on the infectious ska rhythms of I Hate You.

At times the vocal style harks back to the late seventies with long drawn out words reminiscent of Ian Curtis. Long haired Ash looks like he has stepped straight out of the movie Deliverance clad as he is in leather jacket, drainpipes and the coolest pink lace ups u ever did see. The drumming on the former is deft; almost feathery, with James crossing his sticks delivering sharp effective bursts of syncopation. Telling Lies is an absolute tour de force; screaming guitar licks assault the shattering vocals. A verbal onslaught on all the fraudsters ensues, possibly a word of warning to all the yes men of the industry.

The Applewhites never falter or stumble even when the tempo shifts in complex fashion at the experienced hands of James and Sean on bass. These guys have toured the length and breadth of England and with Sean now sporting a porn star moustache they are sure to go on to greater things.

Tonight's headliners were Hull's favourite adopted sons, Fifty-Nine Violets from Barton. They have been fully paid up affiliates and highly respected members of the scene for some time now. Not only do they play a mean tune but they are involved with providing sound expertise/equipment and booking bands for other venues. With one guitar down by the end of the second song, Digsy the usually laid back front man, did his up most to lay his replacement axe to rest during Fields. As it was, at the end of the song yet another string lay quivering in terror, at the edge of the stage. Moments earlier it had been cruelly ripped out of the instrument, but even this casualty didn't deter the lead singers frenzied playing.

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