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Electrelane
Scout Niblett
At The Old Market, Brighton, East Sussex
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Electrelane, Scout Niblett at Brighton The Old Market, Sat 14 May
Being a London lass, I tend to get my usual gig fix up town. Occasionally there are bands that make you want to go that extra mile. Electrelane are one of those bands. Up until their third album, I'd never so much as heard a squeak from the femme-foursome. But having listened to the superb Axes, I was eager to hop on a train to their hometown in Brighton to see if their ingenuity was for real.»
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Electrelane
Electrelane formed in Brighton in 1998. Since their inception the band's line-up has shifted a few times. As of 2007, the line-up is:
Verity Susman: Keyboards, Farfisa, Lead Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone, Clarinet.
Emma Gaze: Drums. (Also does most of the artwork for the albums).
Mia Clarke: Guitar, Backing Vocals.
Ros Murray: Bass.
Previous members: Tracy Houdek, Debbie Ball, Rupert Noble, Rachel Dalley.
The act are, as of the 7th of November 2007, on an "indefinite hiatus".
»Scout Niblett
The beguiling Scout Niblett of Nottingham, England, is a somebody who is worth getting to know. Her debut album SWEET HEART FEVER brings to mind the harrowing intensity of PJ Harvey's debut DRY, Scout Niblett's first is an album whose exterior calm is betrayed by a fantastic inner storm -- the likes of which the legions of card-carrying members of the Trans-global Network of Damaged Souls love to immerse themselves in, if only to feel a little more potent & vital for a forty-minute stretch. The dreamlike landscape has a meandering stream of consciousness feel to it, underscored by a few visceral song fragments that have an unresolved yet wholly intuitive feel to them. »
