Tonight marks BOY’s first UK headline show. After an impressive stripped back set at HMV’s Next Big Thing and a performance in a church at The Great Escape it seems word travels fast and The Borderline is filled to bursting with bodies. As a band there’s a more rhythmic side to their sound, ballads become more rocky as the bass and drum beats take things up a notch. The songs swell and burst with a tidal quality bound together by Valeska’s vocals and Sonja’s harmonies.
It’s not until they chat between themselves towards the end of the show and Sonja...
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Having never set foot on UK soil, Swiss-German band, BOY, seem somewhat overwhelmed as they step onto the Jazz Cafe stage, and even more perplexed when they realise that not only are there a fair few German fans in the audience but also that people already know the lyrics to sing along. I have to confess; tonight I place myself firmly as a fan, having driven for several hours for a pre-empted short set.
Don’t let the name confuse you, BOY are a female fronted band, who tonight inform the crowd their drummer has been replaced with a computer with something of a nervous laugh. It’s the kind...
