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Curtain call for Theatre Fall

The latest New Found Sound showcase at the Wee Red Bar throws up up a gem in Theatre Fall
Theatre Fall @ The Wee Red Bar
Theatre Fall @ The Wee Red Bar

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New Found Sound’s latest showcase of emerging talent looked set to be a good one, with three hotly tipped Scottish acts hitting The Wee Red Bar for some serious Saturday night shenanigans. First band Jocosta Sleeps deliver a great selection of alt-rock numbers which do more than enough to indicate that they are ones to keep and eye out for in future. Second support act The Sorren MacLean Band, an acoustic trio from Mull, don't prove they are anything but ordinary: their largely uninspiring set is quickly forgotten when headline act Theatre Fall take up position.

Decked out in skinny jeans and vintage Adidas trainers, Theatre Fall look like a band taking style seriously – style which leaks into their music in lashings. From start to finish you’d be hard pushed to hear a more perfect collection of raucous, anthemic and furiously paced electro-indie songs. Deploying deceptively dinky keyboards and wiry punk guitars to devastatingly pleasing effect, they oversee an instant audience transformation. They are talented, they know it and it doesn't take long for everyone else in the bar to figure it out too.

And then there's the wild showmanship from Duracell-powered front man, Tristan: it's a feat many young bands struggle with but is acquitted here with cheeky aplomb. The band's one flaw? Incessantly plugging their CD and merchandise. On the basis of tonight's performance, this isn't remotely necessary. The only way is up for Theatre Fall.

Theatre Fall: The Wee Red Bar, 9 February

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