17th March 05 - Ernest Conquer Camden Underworld(1/4) By Michelle Dee

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On a Thursday afternoon I stood outside Debenhams in town waiting for the minibus to arrive from Hedon. Today I was travelling to London to see Ernest headline in Camden. The ten-seater minibus arrived at around half three and I was ushered inside by some rather excited and slightly inebriated Ernest fans. We set of on our long journey leaving the shadows of Hull's familiar landmarks in our wake. Ernest are not just another local band singing and playing songs, the four piece are exploring higher realms, as they navigate the route to Ernest territory. Not only do they trek through musical time, shifting genre and tempo, they travel through the stories and meanings of their lives.

Terry, the lead singer, looks like he is re-living the highs and the lows right there on stage. He clutches at the air as if it is a tangible thing and contorts his face with the effort of expressing, what gets Ernest's heart pumping. Songs like Glidded, lyrically just south of surreal, are drawn from real life. Personal moments of triumph and tragedy for the Hedon group are woven into seamless tapestries of searchlight sound.

Sweet Inspirations is about a sweet shop next to the Queens Pub where the Ernest clan used to hang out in days gone by. This was a favoured spot, because there was a hot air vent set in the wall, so the gang could stay warm from the chill of a winter's eve. The pub is still there, and the friends have graduated to sampling the tempting treats there in: sadly the sweetshop isn't, in its place a Nail bar now stands. There's progress for you.

Tall lorries vie for room on the asphalt, we are one hour from London: flashing headlights, darkening sky with Pet Sounds from Brian Wilson et al competing with the sound of rubber grinding tarmac. We ate up the miles with Cain at the wheel. We are in a race with a white van and here we go ...we are winning, we are still in a race and we are winning... OHHHHH Oh no it's all over and at the last second away he goes. Oh he's gone.

Not ten miles from the venue we find ourselves lost, the map we have is as much use as the place names on a regular Monopoly board.

We are crawling through Golders Green, didn't someone write a poem about being lost in Golders Green? We had to stop and ask for directions on a number of occasions. Go left, then right, then straight on, then up the hill by the hospital, right at the top and you're there.

And do you know what, we were. Parking across the road we arrived at the Camden Underworld shortly after half eight.

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