Wednesday March 10th @ The Flowerpot, London
It’s testament to my pedantry with facts that for the past week I’ve been telling people how I’m seeing hot new art-rockers, Vampires in Tokyo. Alas, it’s TEENAGERSINTOKYO I’m seeing, not Vampires.
Tonight at the Flowerpot, support comes from Othello Woolf. Hair slick and dressed in black, he’s a lot less Dickensian-dandy than I was hoping. Nonetheless, his wonky-pop based swooning is intriguing and delightfully unalike. Despite the oft-warped nature of songs such as ‘Stand’ and ‘Deep Water’, band and Woolf play the grooves with honed ability and genuine relish.
Soon after lights dim to ominous hues of red, and TEENAGERSINTOKYO (I’m avoiding acronyms) grace the stage. Here to promote début single, ‘Peter Pan’ from their forthcoming album, Sacrifice, they launch into a slew of pulsing bass-laden gothic pop. Samantha Lim’s vocals are powerfully built and reverb laden, cutting through the haze of 80s synth, lightly abrasive guitar and racing drums.
The Teenagers play and dress sharp and dark, their clothes lending an air of professionalism and inky glamour made the more present via their soaring shadowy-pop. The final song finds the band hitting toms and all sundry of beaters and bottles.
They’re clearly here to do a job in convincing people of their ability, something that can get overlooked on recording, but tonight shines. Look out for Sacrifice, released through Backyard Recordings, 1st June 2010.
Words by Jonathan Hopkins
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