 | | The Holloways |
And yet, in some ways… just a little bit clever. Whilst somehow making the area credible via catchy indie pop (who’d have thought that music could cancel out a prison?), the band got support from Holloway Council and before you could say "cheap shot", they landed here, bringing their fiddles, harmonicas and funny-looking granddad vests with them. Criticised for jumping on a band wagon that has long since driven off into the distance - a slice of Libertines, a sprinkling of Clash and a pinch of folk - The Holloways have held their own and are reaping the rewards. Happiness And Penniless is a cracker of a tune and the infectious Two Left Feet ups the constant flow of crowdsurfers to an impressive level, but after the inevitable riot for their theme tune Generator, it’s the quirky English disco of Dance Floor that gets most people moving. They may not be your average indie band, not least because of front man Alfie Jackson’s resemblance to a whippet farmer with a Nora Batty stocking fetish, but their pop portrayals of the realities of modern British life (sound familiar?) is a winning formula. They even play a new song, Play It For The Kids, which they claim is the first time an audience has heard it; it goes down with a lot of appreciative dancing amidst screams of “I love you” from corners of giggling girls. So, there you have it, The Hollways - make you dance a bit and contemplate nursing homes prematurely – and while, for most, they’re worth little more than a single view, for their rowdy fans, they may have done just enough to remain cool a little while longer. | 
