Dunno about you but I've...

Dunno about you but I've been to see a lot of mate's bands over the years, and much as I have loved them as mates, harsh truth -the bands weren't that amazing. Good - yeah, groundbreaking? Erm, not exactly - no matter how much you want them to be. Tonight I went to see yet ANOTHER mate's band who'd I'd seen before about six months ago. I have to be honest, last time I saw them, I was somewhat preoccupied so hadn't really paid attention. Sort of a, "Yeah they're alright, anyway, your round isn't it?" kind of scenario. What a f*ckwit I felt turning up tonight, bracing myself to lie through my teeth once again with the usual, "Yeah you were BRILLIANT, specially that song, whats it called... yeah, brilliant luv - watch out Kasabian, eh? Blah blah blah...". Yes I'm a two faced whatnot but encouragement is absolutely part of the deal with your mates isn't it? Even if it is a bit half-hearted. So I'm stood there, practicing in my head what line I'll use this week and on Starling come. Well I got that one wrong spectacularly. 

You know when you can tell a band's toured and toured and toured because they're that slick, that tight, when they've got it down so well - the sound is just really clean? That's how good Starling are. And they hadn't rehearsed with a drummer for a couple of months apparently. Gits. I've got a good ear but describing bands isn't my forte at all. The best I can do to describe what Starling sound like is imagine The Bluetones(lead singer Alex doesn't sound dissimilar to Mark Morriss)when they were at their peak but more rock and roll with better songs and you'll be halfway there. Here's their page - www.myspace.com/starlingband go see them, listen to them, enjoy them - I've not been this impressed seeing an unsigned band live in years.

 Oh and if I haven't bigged them up quite enough - they're so bloody good, I finally set my Vox profile up properly to write about them when I'm knackered and in the middle of bastard half yearly accounting in Royalties(only for the hardcore). 

Needless to say I didn't feed my mate the "Watch out Kasabian, eh?" line, I was so gobsmacked I could barely speak to him. NOw THAT is saying something.