Turin Brakes

Sandwiched between such happy acts as Jimmy Cliff, The Polyphonic Spree, Supergrass and The Flaming Lips, it was always going to be interesting to see what the crowd made of South London's Turin Brakes. As it was, they needn't have worried, with the audience taking to their blend of acoustic balladry and show-stopping choruses like a hippy to a bong.

For a band so recently thrust into the limelight following the surprise top five hit 'Painkiller', they seemed composed and professional. What they missed in banter between songs (Olly admitting as much in saying "I don't know what to say to a crowd of 30,000 people, so I'll just play another song") they more than made up for in laying their emotions bare on older tracks like 'Underdog' and 'Feeling Oblivion', and on the more upbeat, anthemic 'Painkiller' and 'Long Distance'.

Some of the other bands on show that day might have been more noticeable, but many people will go home and find themselves quietly humming to the sound of Turin Brakes.

review by "Jack Nobbledy"

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