Signed to Skeleton Key records and boasting stablemates such as She Drew the Gun and of course The Coral they are in great company to continue the trend of new independent music and are definitely one to look out for.

Clean Cut Kid, of course, have been here before and are now experienced hands on the live music scene. Despite, as mentioned having a year out and recording a new album any fears Mike Halls may have had about being rusty were short-lived. Arriving on stage to a fairly dramatic entrance of mood lights and the odd bit of smoke, in no time at all it was like they had never been away.

The energy they put into their performances is always impressive, as is the quality of the music and the new material certainly picks up where they left off. ‘Slow Progress’ and ‘Jason’ were particularly well received and the back story to how it came about with the death of an old school friend showed the depth of feeling Clean Cut Kid put into their music writing. This band is very passionate about what they do and that is apparent in each and every performance they give. Even the instruments are given the personal touch with guitars Ev, Cath, and Minnie all being rotated depending on the musical requirements.

As well as the new material we were, of course, treated to some old favorites, ‘Vitamin C’ and Emily bringing to a close what was, as expected a terrific night. The gig was surprisingly short at only 1 hour long and there is no encore was also a little surprising however what we had was of the highest quality from a really impressive live band.

Please sir, can we have some more!