Q WITHOUT U
The tunes are great, the lyrics are hilarious and if you don't like it, you're clearly an idiot - NME

THE BUBBLE PROJECT
Unusual and extremely talented, Beach Boys in space madness - Gutter Magazine

THE NEW GROOMERS
Debut outing from the people who brought you Sons of Brenda and Peoples' Friend...

SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2008
THE HEAD OF STEAM, NEWCASTLE
8PM - £3


MP3s:

Chemical Romance
You Say Pop (Like It's A Dirty Word)
I Don't Do Dedications



PRESS:

Radar: Q Without U

Not to be confused with similarly ace and sadly disbanded D.C art-punks Q And Not U, Glasgow's Q Without U specialise in swirly, synthy nuggets of pure pop gold, related through the dulcet regional tones of frontman Tam Killean. At times reminiscent of the Super Furries put through Franz Ferdinand's spin cycle, the tunes are great, the lyrics are hilarious and if you don't like it, you're clearly an idiot.
-- NME

Review: One Piece Puzzle (Hot Guts)

Been a while but we like to think its been worth the wait. Glaswegian buzz beat posters Q without U came to our attention following a record buying foray where we happened upon picking up their ultra limited debut single 'Slow Clap' around this time last year (see missive 107). Self released on the quartets newly set up Hot Guts imprint this twin set of tastiness steals a march on their last visit to this turntable, packed with drilled guitars, stop starting ruptured rhythms and blessed with an irrefutable eye for a sly pop coda 'One Piece Puzzle' mainlines casually into territories more commonly associated with Chris Brokaw - more notably his woefully underrated Snares and Kites debut 'Trick of Trapping' back from a few years ago - for a slice of seriously unassuming off road power pop gold that insidiously wires itself into your affections the minute your back is turned - a bit like imagining a superb charged Raspberries acquiring a vibrant post rock dialect to their artillery replete with devilishly corkscrewing hooks and packing a boot full of subtle west coast struts. 'Numbers!' over on the flip is an altogether stranger beast all said and done that appears to freewheel undecidedly through an array of generic styles so that sometimes you'll hear shades of classic styled early 70's pub rock a la Dr Feelgood interloping with shards of unravelling psyche flashbacks all the way to a more defined 60's styled blossoming retro beat pop persona decorated in all manner of effects laden reverb riffs and swirling synth sequences - those needing reference points think of a more sugar glazed pre acid house Shamen od'ing on Traffic - quite frankly I think your record collection deserves this.
-- Losing Today

Interview: Stranded in Stereo
Interview: The Skinny

	FIL094: Q Without U
	w/ The Bubble Project, The New Groomers
	Sunday 8 June 2008
	The Head of Steam, Newcastle

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