All bands in Dingwalls sound rubbish, you could get mid 70s era Led Zep, mid 60’s Beatles, The Smiths, whoever, they’d all suffer the same muggy sound all have suffered here, so when your forte is grimy 80s electronica influence drock-you know it’s going to go horribly wrong…but more of Longcut later.

Supporting are 5 guys going under the name Mumm-Ra, they are also due to be very huge. Hailing from Bexhill on Sea…Bexhill on Sea? Not even normal people come from there, let alone musicians. They tap into the rich history of British music and come up with their own quirky take on it, from the Kinks, to the La’s and long gone good era Oasis. Like a more discerning The Automatic, their jaggedy assed pop will be on every teenagers stereo by this time next Year.

The same can’t be said for The Longcut who must have found it difficult to be upstaged by their support. Like the album, the music is fine, gritty, almost proggy, similar to early Verve music but vocalist Stuart spoils it by yelping into the mic over it ending up sounding like Killing Joke covering LCD soundsystem or like a current Primal Scream trying to record ‘Swastika Eyes’…not nice is it? Much better is when he keeps quiet and attacks the drums like a banshee; the crowd disagrees though as they dance along like they’ve never heard a techno beat before.

Longcut – 5/10, Mumm-Ra 8/10

Chris Todd