Free music, free drinks, free niggles of laughter emerging from those who revel in the knowledge that the band on show today are not usually ones suited to an acoustic set in an art gallery. The band in question are the Brown Brogues a scuzzy reverb sodden garage duo from Wigan and the setting is
Bench Live Presents. . . Whilst the set packed with catchy tunes it is clear through the eccentric yelps and howls emerging from singer Mark Vernon that they aren't taking themselves seriously and in these boyish misdemeanor's is a real attraction to the band in the same way one wishes to be included in the humor of an in joke. But as Mark, and drummer Ben Mather, try to fog their nerves with chuckles the strength of the songs is unmissable, where the usual swampy mix makes it difficult to extract lyrics, in the stripped down set they shine through and it is evident that there is a dab hand at work. With one of the more amusing being recent single
Don't Touch My Hair, which displays pleas of hair fondler’s to stay away and leave their hair in a narcissistic state of perfection, even after death. The stripped back sound also suited fan favorite
Anyone But You allowing Ben to demonstrate a surprisingly delicate falsetto on backing vocals. Although it may have been an odd setting for the duo a strong performance riding on a set of very strong songs hopefully they won't think twice before attempting an event like this again for they appear more diverse than they may think.
Photo by Dom Varden:
http://vivalifestyle.co.uk/brown-brogues-do-lunchtime-live/
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