Comments on: Broken Records – Live, Edinburgh Liquid Room, August 17th 2008

By: Broken Records - Edinburgh - Liquid Rooms « Blueback Hotrod

Broken Records - Edinburgh - Liquid Rooms « Blueback Hotrod — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:49:36 +0000

[...] the live review on Song, By Toad, and have a wee listen to Broken Records on their [...]

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:47:09 +0000

You were quite wasted Matthew, it was rather embarassing.

I, of course, was an image of sobrierty, as ever.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:27:27 +0000

I was only wasted after the gig, and there may well be video evidence, I am ashamed to confess. Nevertheless, it was brilliant.

By: Sarah C.

Sarah C. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:21:30 +0000

Thankyouthankyouthankyou for putting up that version of Wolves! It’s such a staggeringly beautiful piece of music, it really is. I would have given a lot to have been at that gig, both because BR are so good and because Matthew is very entertaining when he’s wasted…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:56:06 +0000

I can’t believe how boozy it got actually, considering I only had my first pint once the gig was over.

Apart from a couple of beers beforehand. Oh and a few at the session. Come to think of it, no wonder it got so fucking boozy. Mrs. Toad was not impressed when I staggered in at 3am.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:47:43 +0000

All that cider I was drinking at the after-show warmed the cockles of my liver.

I’ve only started to pee again today.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:18 +0000

Just to add my own thoughts to this, it really was an excellent gig. The fear when you latch onto a band with only a few songs to their name would be that subsequent efforts don’t quite live up to the stuff that got you all excited in the first place, leaving you to fall into an embarrassed silence about a group you’d been raving about only a short while ago.

Broken Records have never really seemed in danger of doing that. When they played Wolves and They All Fell Into the Sea at the Toad Session I was little nervous because I didn’t know the songs, but they were blinding. The b-side to If the News… is at least as good as the a-side if not, in my mind, slightly better.

The newer songs they played tonight like the poor un-named Ukulele Song and Albino Rhino were just superb as well, which puts me in the odd position of being both relieved for myself and really pleased for them, almost in a paternal way – it actually makes me really proud to see them doing so well, which has a lot to do with the fact that they have become good pals over the last year or so.

Really, the confidence and cohesion of this performance was impressive, from my point of view. As Dylan said, they are a band that very much feel ready. I have no idea if they will take off and crack the big wide world open, but they have the confidence and the, erm, I don’t know what the word is. Basically, there’s something firm, solid and believeable about their ambitions – they feel like the real deal these days, rather than a talented band with aspirations.

As long as Jamie can just stop telling the crowd off if they don’t dance.

Either way, it was a superb show, the crowd were delighted and I was really fucking pleased for the band. Warmed the cockles of my heart, so it did.