“Whatever happened to The Pigeon Detectives?” a friend of mine asked me recently and I honestly answered “Erm…I don’t know.” A mere matter of weeks later I am standing in the sweat box that is the O2 Academy 2 in Liverpool eagerly waiting for the band to come on stage.
As the release of their third studio album Up, Guards and At ‘em looms the band are showcasing the new songs on a 13 date tour across the UK. After an amazing debut Wait For Me and the somewhat less impressive follow up Emergency I rather naively expected there to be a lull in attendance. I was wrong. ...
I have to confess The Pigeon Detectives are one of those bands who have largely slipped under my radar over the years. It’s with no small amount of regret I admit this, especially when you take into account that these are the guys who produced the downright catchy Take Her Back, I’m Not Sorry and This Is An Emergency. New album, Up, Guards And At ‘Em! is the third instalment from the Leeds troupe and one listen has me sincerely repenting my former negligence.
She Wants Me opens proceedings on this much anticipated record (the bands’ first since their hiatus following 2008’s...
