In a strange B-movie type world, somewhere between The Cramps and The Lunachicks, Pink Kross exist. They are three sparkly, glitter and animal-print draped girls from Glasgow who play punky rock, which reminds me of all my favourite bands at the same time. Equal parts Ramones, Lunachicks, The Cramps, surf and sixties garage in general; grungy, fuzz guitars, throbbing bass, primordial drums and surprisingly, snarly vocals. It's a strange yet very cool world to be in.
This is The Day I Snapped first ever gig, not that you'd have guessed from the polished and entirely intense delivery tonight. They play emotionally charged, melodic punk rock in a very energetic and exciting manner. Each individual member gives their own performance that is worthy of praise, but put it all together and they are a very impressive band indeed. The vocals are delivered in a suitably emotional vein, the guitarist jumps up and down more than anyone I've ever seen, the bassist swirls around and the drummer keeps it all together with his vigorous drumming and harmonic backup vocals. If they can keep up this kind of enthusiasm and transfer their live buzz onto disc, then look out world!
All in all a great show tonight, but wait, headliners King Prawn have still to play. I was really here to see the two supporting bands after not exactly being won over by King Prawn's album 'Surrender To The Blender', not that it was a bad album or anything, just that it wasn't completely my kind of thing. I had been led to believe that it was ska/punk, but I found it to be more of a ska/reggae/dub-oriented music with the occasional hint of punk attitude. So not for me, but it is refreshing to hear a band that are doing their own thing. Live though, it's a slightly different story and those hints of punk attitude become more apparent and they give a more intense and in your face delivery than I would have expected.
