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It’s hard not to spend an entire review focussing on the obvious when the obvious cannot be avoided.
Advances In Mathematics don’t have a vocalist. The band is, inevitably, tired of reviews purporting this fact. "So what?" They might say. Move on; tell us something we don’t know. And it shouldn’t be such a big deal – there’s plenty of fantastic instrumental music – popular, classical, whatever – out there. But here it simply is a big deal. Their music is not able to stand up by itself, it craves something else. And so do the audience who instead form inward facing groups, cradling drinks and talking throughout the course of their set. Those who remain facing the front seem a little embarrassed: they’re party to a noodling rehearsal, the Mill a fitting environment for a dank rehearsal space.
And that’s when the obvious comes hurtling back in again - though the Mill is fabulous for ambience – fairy lights and cobbles, bottled beer and body heat – it is far from ideal for sound. Again, it shouldn’t matter. But when the two female singers of A Sunny Day In Glasgow are clearly singing away and timbre and pitch are lost, it is a terrible shame. The guitars and keyboards are hinting at a funky psychedelia, but without being able to tell how they’re singing - never mind what – all is confused.
To state the obvious? It could’ve, would’ve, been great. But there were too many elements astray on this occasion. TAGS: A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Advances In Mathematics, Wotgodforgot, Islington Mill, Words by: Astrid Weekes |
