Fear of Comedy!
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NEXT BIG THING HEAT # 7 - Swan Basement - Saturday, July 8, 2006
Almost all of the heats in this year's Next Big Thing competition have come down to a very close call between three or four bands, but this last remaining heat was somewhat of a total annihilation for first placegetters Fear Of Comedy, who stormed home by the biggest margin of the competition.
That's not to say Fear Of Comedy were the only talented act on the bill, it's just that no one else really came close to being in the same class as them.
Fronted by one of the most interesting and talented singers Perth seems to be guarding as a best kept secret, Fear Of Comedy had the one thing that almost every other band in this heat lacked - an identity. There is so much power in a band made up of members who are all on the same page, as the unanimity it brings forms an impenetrable wall… musically and aesthetically.
Taking the very punk rock stance of thinking for oneself, Fear Of Comedy slipped and slid between funk, cabaret, and various rock 'n' roll siblings, whilst never breaking their own style (which is obviously a strange composite of said genres). Looking and sounding the part, Fear Of Comedy came across convincingly sincere, with only the minor irritant in their mix being singer Laith's tendency to speak in a fake American accent between songs. Knock that shit off, fella.
Minor quibbles aside, Fear Of Comedy simply wiped the floor with everyone else, and did so without even breaking a sweat.
NEXT BIG THING HEAT # 7 - Swan Basement - Saturday, July 8, 2006
Almost all of the heats in this year's Next Big Thing competition have come down to a very close call between three or four bands, but this last remaining heat was somewhat of a total annihilation for first placegetters Fear Of Comedy, who stormed home by the biggest margin of the competition.
That's not to say Fear Of Comedy were the only talented act on the bill, it's just that no one else really came close to being in the same class as them.
Fronted by one of the most interesting and talented singers Perth seems to be guarding as a best kept secret, Fear Of Comedy had the one thing that almost every other band in this heat lacked - an identity. There is so much power in a band made up of members who are all on the same page, as the unanimity it brings forms an impenetrable wall… musically and aesthetically.
Taking the very punk rock stance of thinking for oneself, Fear Of Comedy slipped and slid between funk, cabaret, and various rock 'n' roll siblings, whilst never breaking their own style (which is obviously a strange composite of said genres). Looking and sounding the part, Fear Of Comedy came across convincingly sincere, with only the minor irritant in their mix being singer Laith's tendency to speak in a fake American accent between songs. Knock that shit off, fella.
Minor quibbles aside, Fear Of Comedy simply wiped the floor with everyone else, and did so without even breaking a sweat.