The Zutons @ Brixton Academy
The Zutons played a pretty good show at the Academy on Wednesday. I’m slowly coming to the realization that Brixton isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – it’s just too damn big and most bands struggle to fill the space. The Zutons did a pretty good job, but just felt a little stilted compared to the shows we’ve seen them play in smaller venues (does this sound too snobbish?). Anyway, I still reckon they are better live than on record. Tonight we were treated to one new song, You’ve Got a Friend, which has more than a lyrical relation to the Carole King song of the same name and hints at a possible new, more soulful sound for the Zutons second album.

Support is from the gimmicky, Misty’s Big Adventure, a nine piece who sound like all of the bad bits of Yellow Submarine; and The Stands, who were fêted by Noel Gallagher, and peddle the same plodding self indulgent dad-rock that Oasis seem to favor these days.
- posted by Nigella @ 4:19 PM