Face Of Cheam

Have to confess that I had not heard of Milburn when one of my friends suggested them. "Come on, they are mates with the Artic Monkeys" he said. This did not encourage me. However for just over a tenner I htought I'd experiance it as obviously they could be the next big thing since the Artic Monkeys. Missing the supports we enter the venue at 9.15. A boistorous young crowd, some in fact would say yobbish, were in attendence and when the band took the stage with bottles of bud in hand there was a huge roar. The first couple of songs were played at pace, perhaps too fast. The bass played was the vocalist (not normally a good move for the same reason air stewardesses should not fly planes) and looked a cross between Noel Gallager and Paul Scholes with bigger hair. However despite a lot of bar chords, the third song offerred more melody and even a lead guitar. Thnakfully it continued in this vein. There was one howler however in a song called 'the book you are reading is upside down' which was monotus drivel. The last song after 55 minutes though 'Look What You Could Have One' had the instant indie pop charm of anything you have heard recently. An entertaining evening and for someone in my age group I would put them down as a modern day Bluetones or Cast.