The John Steel Singers and Jeremy Neale at the Lair 23/2/14
- genevavalek
- Mar 8, 2014
- 1 min read
A change in routine is always welcome. Recent streams of Sunday afternoon shows at the Lair are consequently welcome. The John Steel Singers and Jeremy Neale are also very welcome when both of these things are considered.
No one has stopped romanticising the sixties, and thank goodness – Jeremy Neale emerged with a turtleneck, denim jacket and faded jeans which he himself re-dyed black. You realise that the sixties will never go out of fashion; what with riffs which reminisce on The Zombies and The Turtles, summery and blithe and jangly in all the right places, drawn from his recent EP In Stranger Times. Nothing is more rock and roll than having a cut finger, asking for a bandaid, being given one, and refusing to wear it.
The John Steel Singers consist of absolutely no one whose name is John Steel. Although the stage as per normal was dimly lit, the band appeared to be doused in the sun, crooning through effortless and naturally decadent indie-rock. Relaxed and mature, lightly textural and somewhat atmospheric – it can be sensed that The John Steel Singers are capable of executing a refined live set – if only they were given the chance: a relatively small crowd aroused an intimate atmosphere for extracts from the band’s 2013 release, Everything’s A Thread but how delightful it might be to experience them in perhaps a festival setting. A genial live band with subdued potential.
Review by Jessica Syed
Photos by Geneva Valek - view more here
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