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Slow Club in-store at Resident!

I must admit that when my friend and I first went in at about quarter to 5, Resident was the busiest I’d ever seen it. I felt a little rude for coming into resident with absolutely no intention of buying anything, not even taking one of the many free mags at the front since I have them all already, so I resorted to looking at Artrocker, and then scanning the shelves near me for any good cds, aka cds of bands I’ve heard of. after recommending cookies by the 1990s, and telling my friend how it's written mainly about girls and drugs but is still very good, I give up on looking occupied and just eye up the rather fancy camera the woman next to me is wielding. And finally, out come Charles and Rebecca, collectively Slow Club and they immediately kick off into 'Let's Fall Back In Love', the title track of their new E.P., released 1st September on the 'ever reliable' Moshi Moshi record label. Charles strums along the lovely guitar riffs we know slow club for on a rather battered but all the more charming for it acoustic guitar and Rebecca improvises with their lack of a percussion section by clapping and stamping with surprising vigour; I wouldn't like to be resident's floorboards! They play a couple old favourites, including one of my own special favourites, 'When I Go', and introduce some new songs. Isn’t it impressive how they manage to remember all these songs?! And not only do they remember endless lyrics, along with the guitar music (I noticed Charles didn't even look at the guitar while playing, even more impressive), but they always manage to sing in time with each other. The conclusion? A pair of musicians who love what they do, and practise a lot! I seriously recommend you have a look at their E.P., and you should definitely jump at every opportunity to see them live!