Peace in Leamington

I've just been to see Peace at Head record store in Leam. Annoyingly I got there really early and had to do a lot of waiting around. But anyway when they came on at just gone half 3 I was expecting quite a lot, seeing as I'm loving their brilliant debut album and NME have been promoting the hell out of them. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint. They played a nice 30 minute set full of passion and afterwards they hung around for a signing session. It was quite an intimate set, for me at least because I was basically in the second row.

They seem really decent guys and pretty decent musicians, alas I can't say much for the lead singers fashion style. I'm not the biggest fan of overly short jeans with a fringe and coats that are made for old women but what's fashion got to do with good music, nothing. I loved it :)

The Strokes - Comedown Machine

I've been getting my Strokes on today. My Is This It record has been spinning and I was in Sainsbury's store the new Strokes album was £9 which after a quick check, I found out that it is cheaper than Amazon which doesn't happen often. You gotta grab the bargains when you see them. So far the reviews I've seen for Comedown Machine haven't been great but I want to reserve judgement until I hear it in full. They haven't really disappointed me in the past and I don't want it to start now.

On the art work, they have gone for a more stripped back feel with not much going on on the outside apart from the obvious detailing. The only thing (apart from the front cover printed again) on the leaflet is silhouettes of each of the band members, no lyrics, no little notes of thanks, nothing. Very minimal I guess.