BK & Dad @ The Blueberry, Norwich

FULLY IMMERSIVE NOISE.

It was a night of FULLY IMMERSIVE NOISE at the Blueberry, with three garage rock bands playing live, for free, to an audience of proper music lovers on a Friday.

First on were Happy Coloured Marbles from Norwich. There were lots of sweet-ass riffs and terribly loud noises, and I liked some bits of each of the songs, but I felt like it was pretty messy. Whether that was deliberate or not I don’t know. Some time spent honing their style would probably improve their live performance.

Krak Krak from Brighton were pretty good, but unfortunately lead singer Chris’ vocals were totally lost in the mix throughout the set, despite the sound guy constantly going over to tweak some knobs or whatever, whilst eating crisps. A real shame as they sounded like they knew what they were doing.

BK & Dad. One of them should be in the Hair Bear Bunch. One looks like a deranged animal on the drums. These are compliments, guys, in my eyes. They’re from Wales, sure, but now they are from NORWICH and we embraced them with open hearts and open ears. Playing tracks from their forthcoming Loggerhead EP plus some old favourites, Pip and Leo totally slayed it. I particularly liked being on the same level at the band. Edging ever closer to them throughout the set, but never quite close enough, I felt like I was being physically lifted up off my feet by the sheer power of the music, and that doesn’t happen very often. Their music is raw, and it’s very loud, but it’s all done with absolute finesse. Their timing is spot on and their songwriting cleverly crafted. It’s 110% sweat. 110% broken drumsticks. 110% headbanging. 110% fucking rock. The connection between them is so tight, despite no eye contact being made throughout the set; that’s a rare kind of magic right there. It’s music formed of fury, longing and frustration, as all proper rock music should be and it makes me want to do bad things. BK & Dad did us absolutely proud and are clearly taking things to the next level. Take us with you please.

Photo: Richard Shashamane