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bad sign

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samoans, the monarch

samoans, the monarch

Quick pit stop for barbecued meat products and a couple more cold ones at The Monarch and

time for some spiky, mathy, smart but not smart-arsed rock at the hands of Samoans from over the

Severn Bridge. Again, a really decent sized crowd for such an early kick off. And we’re all treated

to a crackling and thrilling, choppy set laced with clever time signature fuckery, taps, slides and

mathy excursions. But never knowing or self indulgent. There are great songs in

there: not just shoe-gazey self congratulation or onanistic musical twiddlings.

Definitely a step up in sophistication and achingly contemporary. File alongside Tall Ships,

Tellison, Suffer Like G Did. But with slightly angrier and more swollen gonads. Tidy.

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