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STAINES
HOBGOBLIN
Thursday2nd October 2008
Candy
Floss Punk
Summer lovers, Mimi Soya, have grown up. This post pop-punk quartet
from Brighton brought their own-brand of compulsive/obsessive motifs,
purity of being and light lyrical montages to Staines Hobgoblin last
week and we could tell
they were now embarking on their second stage of metamorphosis from
punkpop nymphs to stadium-sized superflys.
Back in 2007 when the band recruited their exciting blonde singer
‘Hero’, the music was crowd pleasing and sweet
(like a walk up Brighton Pier with candyfloss on the lips and the
peppermint wind blowing gently into your hair) and the attitude was
casual and relaxed. But since playing live shows constantly around the
South, the band have created an edge to their compact ballads that are
more knowing and more potent. Songs have a strong blend of energy and
of wry unspoken depth-of-feeling that speak directly to an audience and
reflects deeply into the recesses of each soul.
MiMi Soya songs are smattered with hybrid Latin jazz influences but
classically built-up with a powerpop style and a freshness and
cleanliness that reminds the listener of the Indiana band
‘The Ataris’ or soundalikes
‘Sludgeworth’, or postpunkers
‘Jawbreaker’. These attributes, coupled with some
handcrafted Biffy Clyro-like chord sequences mean that Mimi Soya often
sounds more like ‘Buzzcocks’, ‘The
Vapors’ or ‘The Chords’ than the much
more evident, ‘Blondie’. The sounds are almost more
than poppy and more than punky and the effect is a lightness and a
transparency that almost makes you want to get up from your knees and
shout Alleluia! It is life-affirming, positive-thinking, punk-feelgood
and we all need a large dose of the stuff from time-to-time.
Now signed to LAB Records with Crown Management
(‘Sugababes’, ‘Good Shoes’ etc)
Mimi Soya are currently so hot that their hero "HERO" could start a
fire on the dance-floor just with her smouldering looks and her
trademark gasping scream.
You would be crazy not to check-out this crazy mixed-up punk-driven
band and their patriotic drinking-songs of celebration
next time they are in town.
http://www.myspace.com/mimisoya
© Neil_Mach
Oct 2008
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Carmen
at Royal Albert Hall
Thursday, 26 February - Sunday, 8 March, 2009
From the very first note of the much-loved overture to the final tragic
chords, the very essence of Spain is brought to life in this acclaimed
in-the-round production of the world’s most popular opera.
The
dusty atmosphere of the town square, the
cool night air of the smugglers’ mountain hideout and the
festivities outside the bullring in Seville are all vividly recreated
in this powerful tale of lust, superstition and murder slowly
unravelling with fatal consequences.
Carmen, a fiery gypsy girl, is arrested for attacking a fellow worker
in the cigarette factory but manages to persuade her guard, Don
José, to release her on the promise of love. Never satisfied
with the love of one man alone, Carmen quickly casts aside the hapless
Don José in favour of the glamorous toreador, Escamillo.
Consumed by passion and jealousy, Don José pursues Carmen
back
to Seville leading to the inevitable and tragic conclusion
Bizet’s rich and timeless score contains some of
opera’s
finest arias and best-loved music. Escamillo’s rousing Song
of
the Toreador, Carmen’s bewitching Seguidilla and tantalizing
Habanera and Don José’s heartfelt Flower Song
never fail
to captivate audiences, seducing them with the sensual music and sultry
rhythms of Spain.
Following its highly acclaimed seasons in 2002 and 2005, this
spectacular in-the-round production returns to the Royal Albert Hall for
a strictly limited season of just 12 performances.
CARMEN
ROYAL ALBERT HALL
KENSINGTON GORE, SW7 2AP
Feb 2009
Tikcets from £40:00 CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS >>>>
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