Review: Avenues at The Dog And Parrot 17/01/2014
In the cosy surroundings of the Dog and Parrot the gigs was opened by the female-fronted and largely acoustically driven King's Collection. The audience participation bit came from This House, This Home , with syncopated clappy bits.The five-piece don't shy away from rock fuelled drama, however, as demonstrated in Drunk . They have an EP coming out soon, keep an eye on their website . The King's Collection Photo ©Jowheretogo Next up were new indie rockers Coquin Migale. They were kindly giving away their new EP Yellow Room and you can still get hold of it on their Bandcamp Page . They specialise in songs that move from the ethereal, with ringing guitars and angelic vocals(I'm sure he'll hate that description) from Alex Soper, to dramatic . My current favourite of theirs is Icarus with its shifts and turns and catchy guitars and chorus. Like King's Collection before them, though, Coquin were plagued by poor sound. This sometimes cannot be helped. I know th...