Gag @ The Bull and Gate, London (3rd December 1999)
It sounded like Gag might've played a couple of Fall covers tonight,
but it was difficult to tell for sure seeing as half the band was
doing one track and the rest another. If you've ever wondered what
Mike and the Mechanics might've sounded like had the Mechanics
actuallly been mechanics and Mike had had a lot of problems
and if the whole band had been liberally seasoned with itching powder
and had the attention spans of a goldfish, hated choruses (chorii?),
straight lines, tunes and anything musically obvious, yet still
retained a reticent, latent, desire to create---in some strange
way---pop songs, then you might give Gag a chance. They lurch, jerk
and spasm, jitter, crash quiver, twang and bend in an almost bad-jazz
reconstruction of the worthier end of the C86 sound as the Bull and
Gate (the only venue that'll let them play) slowly fills up in
anticipation of the Yummy Fur's last gig. For a free copy of the new
Gag LP send a couple of first class stamps to Flitwick Records, PO Box
26, Bedford, MK45 1ZU.
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