".Imagine yourself in a small, darkened room. There are 5 tables in the place and a lonely bartender polishes glasses beside a less than varied stock of old alcohol bottles. You might be sipping a whisky in candle light, you might be smoking a cigarette. You might be nursing a broken heart, or putting off a long walk home in the rain."
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"...Louise's voice certainly made the hair's stand up. Their
experimentation with violin bow's on electric guitars, to FM radio interference
came totally out of left field. Definitely try and catch these artists if you
can..."
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"...the blond singer with her Victorian sleeves and prim hair opened
her mouth and out poured this incredible, rich, gothic voice... Louise's
voice is like crushed purple velvet and Cracks in the Concrete know just when
to make their spine-tingling accompaniments more sparse, and when to swell
and fill the Note's tiny stuffy basement with the most gorgeous form
of claustrophobia..."
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" ...I'm transfixed. Is it because Louise is a pretty blonde girl? For once, no. It's because I feel like I've fallen through a wormhole taking me from downstairs in the 13th Note to a David Lynch film. If a midget had brushed past me during the first song I'd have been freaked out, but yet not terribly surprised. I'm fairly convinced Louise has done some kind of shady deal to get her voice, the sound coming out of that girl is quite frankly incredible. Dark, soulful and riveting.
The band have possibly sold some souls too.
But back to the David Lynch bit. It's test way i can think of to describe what I'm hearing, and it's an image that doesn't eave me throughout the whole set. This band would not be even slightly out of place playing in the background in a Lynch film, most likely in somewhere seedy and smokey. this is a Very Good Thing by the way. There's a bit of Badalamenti about the arrangements, obviously, since I'm making the Lynch connection, but there's also an awful lot of Bad Seeds in there too. Again, Good Thing..."
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"Ms McVey's voice is that of a world weary torch singer and she made the room seem like it was filled with cigar smoke and decadence. That laconic delivery was perfectly supported by some exquisitely twisted electric guitar (the guitarist's identity remained a mystery). This was one set that was over way too soon.."(Handsome BluesBunny- Live review)
Having returned to her native city Glasgow during ongoing artistic explorations, Louise McVey met Graeme Miller. Their shared passion for dark unexplored musical territory has made for a very fruitful period; exploring dusty pianos, scuttling guitars, sonorous vocals and selective percussion. Also joined by Gordon Macpherson on drums, Jimmy O’Donnell on keys, and Garry Freckleton on bass guitar, ‘Louise McVey & Cracks in the concrete’ have performed at among others, the Dunstaffnage music festival, King Tuts Glasgow, and Café Savarine, Berlin.
E.P. WILL BE AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WITH OPTIMO MUSIC THIS NOVEMBER 2009. DEBUT ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE SPRING 2010.
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