Saturday 16th July 05 - Doing Hull a Favour - Silhouette Club (3/5) By Joe Hakim Photo Gallery By Mo

(1/5), (2/5), (3/5), (4/5), (5/5).

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As the set goes on, the sound swings around to a more British sensibility and they remind me, somewhat bizarrely, of the Inspiral Carpets. Unfortunately, as it gets to the middle of the set it starts to get a little bland. I decide to go to the toilet. Silhouette's toilets are weird. I approach the urinal, and as I lob it out to piss I'm treated to a violin concerto over the speakers. To the right of me this guy sidles up.

"Ey,' he whispers to me, "Are yerra reporter?" "Not exactly," I say, giving it a little shake before I store it. "Well, are yer writin' about the band?" "Possibly," I say, and I begin to move towards the door. "Well, yer gonna write a good review about The Shine aren't yer? They're fuckin' good them, mate." I smile, wash my hands and then I head for the door. As I walk down the stairs, an image of the British Gas ad on Beverley road pops into my head.

I return to watch The Shine. Things aren't looking promising for the band; as I say, they're good, but there's just something... The lead singer takes the mike and shouts, "This is a fuckin' love song called: I Don't Mind". They launch into a song that completely eschews the sound that they have mined up to this point and introduces an unexpected element of funk into the proceedings.

It has a great ba-ba-bum guitar line that is begging to be backed by a horn section. The song is so different that it manages to encompass a Freddie's Dead style bassline with a sense of the pace that almost could've been lifted from Live and Let Die.

It's a sound that I really wasn't expecting form them and it could just be the sound that separates the band from the rest of the pack. They return to their more well-trodden sound to finish the set, but it's that one song which impresses me and stands out in my mind. I think The Shine could be a band at a crossroads. While there's no doubting their musical expertise, there's always a danger that a band can be too good; if you've completely mastered a style of music that is so familiar to so many people, then maybe it's the more obscure aspect of a sound that will finally bring the attention of the wider world.

I would love to see The Shine go and nick themselves a little bit of the Booker T and MG's soul - the bouncy Atlantic/Stax sound pioneered and played by Steve Cropper. I think that it would really suit them, and having a lead singer that likes to dance about would really bring it alive. Now I know that you're sat there thinking - yep, I'm talking to you three that have the attention span to read this far - You talk some crap J, but this takes the pile, but hey, fuck it, it's just the way I see it and hear it. And one last thing: I know it's petty but I can't say or think of the name The Shine without thinking of Liam Gallagher using his vowel stretching capabilities to full effect, y'know, The Sha-yiiiiiiiiine, something which disturbs me greatly. Look, I said it was petty, so there you go.

Continued... Next page (4/5).

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