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Geek-chic appeal: We Are The Physics at Friday night Fibbers

We Are The Physics
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Saturday, 26th January 2008
Being a fan of the band We Are Scientists; the band that epitomise geek-chic, I already held a predilection for the band I was about to see: We Are The Physics. Although the lead singer, Michael M, claimed to be unaware of the connection between their relative namesakes, he did seem enthused with the prospect of a physical rendezvous between the two bands. Sexual innuendo aside, this band put forth a sexy Glaswegian punky sound with an amusing visual display to match.

Describing their sound as “rubbish, shouty, sci-fi punk”, their set got the Fibbers crowd going with its fast-paced, toe-tapping “choreographed shouting” reminiscent of The Futureheads. The amusing dance moves, pauses and general clowning dominating their performance promoted an endearing quality to their set. Playing the last gig of their tour tonight in Leeds’ Faversham, this band put on a frantically energetic performance despite their supposed “lack of energy”.

Continuing the theme of geek-chic, with his thick-rimmed black glasses and smartly dressed indie get-up, the lead singer indulged this Spelling-Nazi reviewer with tales of bad grammar, bad spelling and general grammatical misdemeanours. Fully charmed and armed with badges of the merchandise variety, I walked away from this gig with a sci-fi style smile on my face. This band brought light to my Fibbers-filled night with a set and an interview that were amusing and light-hearted. Just what you want on a usually run-of-the-mill Friday evening.

If you want something a bit different tonight (26th January), get yourself down to The Faversham in Leeds for some mutant sci-fi sounds. This band play an amazing set and it’s well worth the minimal train fare to see a band with definite geek appeal.

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