Reviews

Thankfully, they’re not a bunch of eccentric ear benders trying to ban dancing but a band who have been tipped for big things in 2008 by doing quite the opposite with their brand of nervous indie electro.

Take ‘Elvis’, originally a limited vinyl release in October 2006. Now it’s seen the light, or rather the flashing lights of experimental dance clubs, and resurfaced as an excitable dark pop anthem, that tonight brims with addictive beats and causes incoherent dance attempts through the venue.

Despite continued technical hitches and the fact that keyboardist Sophie Sleigh-Johnson looks as though she’s never met the band before, their set is a banquet of aching guitars and layered synth, complemented by a frantic yet fragile lead form singer/guitarist Jack Barnett.

Standing back and for one crazy minute not giving a damn about eardrums, there’s a compulsion in your feet to get involved with the disjointed racket. After all, who needs unchangeable structure when this perplexed disco trance is let loose? 

It is always slightly worrying when a fresh band is compared to the previous year’s success but it’s inevitable that the comparisons will come with those Mercury Prize monkeys, Klaxons.

Thankfully, TNP sound well capable of stepping into their shoes and I imagine they’ll be a nice snug fit.