Main support for the night comes from Winchester’s Caretaker. This band are absurdly good. They have an offbeat sound, with strange time signatures that some would call prog-y. I personally prefer the math-core label, just because “prog” makes me think of bands from the ’70s who sang about wizards, and Caretaker are definitely cooler than that. This is the band’s last show for a while, due to personal commitments, but they’ll be returning, armed with a new album, in around six months, so you would be wise to check them out then.
Although The Rock of...
It has been a long wait for The Rock of Travolta’s new album, Fine Lines, with their last release having come out in 2003 to many rave reviews. For fans of TROT, this is more than a return to form; this release most probably surpasses their already accomplished back catalogue. Whatever the “new approach” to song writing is, that the band cited as the reason for the delay in releasing this album, it has certainly worked.
Fine Lines opens with Rock By Numbers, a track which features some of the only words you’ll hear on the album, delivered via use of samples. It’s a great...
The Rock of Travolta aren’t a new band per se, but what with their last release (bar a couple of tracks on a couple of compilations) being in 2003, you could be forgiven for thinking that they are. The band’s last album, Uluru, was extremely well received outside of the mainstream, and although eight years is a huge gap to have between LPs, judging by their new material at live shows and online, they certainly have not lost it.
For those of you who remember The Rock of Travolta, there has been a line-up change since Uluru, and for those who do not, this will all be new information...
