We really like Glasgow Podcart (more dramatic superlatives do spring to mind, but i am going to stick with "like"...it's a lovley word..its like the water to robinsons..essential in other words). right yeah.. review..it's much to kind..lots of blushing.
There are bands that carve out charm of their own in the world of
music. They may be subtle in delivery however; they carry as much
conviction as anyone else.
Trapped In Kansas’ sound elevates them to a level of superiority yet they still maintain a fragility that sets them apart from others.
Glasgow PodcART has chosen Trapped In Kansas
as our artist of the week. They are identified by many as one of the
best new artists to emerge out of Scotland and it was our own Ally Burton discovered them and pointed us in their direction.
When ‘Antlers’ was first played I immediately
identified it as a song to pinpoint a number of my musical loves.
Complicated yet beautiful it creates an aura of anticipation. It’s
math-rock beginning turns expectation on it’s very head and manages to
launch into a unified guitar crescendo. Percussion seems to find
loopholes to disobey soaring guitars. Finn Le Marinel’s gorgeously melancholic vocal is the last stroke to a canvas of thaumaturgy.
When I first heard ‘Frances’ I immediately sat back
and looked out of the window shaking my head in disbelief. I love
moments like that; they are the times you pinpoint as instrumental in a
songs birth into your life. Peaceful passages are interrupted with a
gut-pounding assault like a sine wave taking shape. Wispy fragility is
replaced with confident distorted guitars and melancholy voices are
eclipsed with epic delivery.
Trapped In Kansas are a band that can make you
breath faster. They make you relish every note of the scale and make
you fall in love with complicated beats. They hijack me in their songs
and take me on journeys of fulfilment. Forget fear and caution for Trapped In Kansas are going to take you to a place where dreamers talk.
Review by, Halina Rifai
If you fancy giving Frances a listen you can do here http://www.glasgowpodcart.com/?p=1550#more-1550 check out all of the other podcast to..you might find you new favourite band.
Finn xx